Tax appeals mushroom as Lilly, city squabble over years of assessments
The Indianapolis-based drugmaker has appealed its annual tax bill for its two massive campuses south of downtown every year since 2012.
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Indiana gets low marks in another health category—breastfeeding
Indiana ranks near the bottom in two important categories involving breastfeeding, according to the latest annual scorecard from the Centers for Disease Control.
IU Health names new Carmel cancer center after $10M donor
The cancer center, which is being built on the campus of IU Health North Hospital, will be named after Joseph Schwarz, who died in March of throat cancer, and his wife, Shelly.
IU Health gets bragging rights in rankings of top hospitals in state, city
IU Health Medical Center and Riley Hospital for Children were the only two hospitals in Indiana to win national rankings in specialty care in this year’s U.S. News hospital rankings.
Small events build big war chest for Riley foundation
During the past 20 years, Riley Children’s Foundation has raised $500 million, the majority of which has been spent for pediatric research and patient programs at Riley Hospital.
Jeff Miller resigns from City-County Council, pleads guilty to battery
After nine months with charges hanging over his head, the embattled representative of Indianapolis’ District 16 resigned from the council on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to four counts of battery.
IU School of Medicine to spend $20M to launch regenerative medicine center
The center aims to develop new treatments for diabetes, severe wounds, and damage to tissues and organs caused by age, disease or trauma.
VA probe finds misuse of time, resources in Indy health office
A supervisor solicited employees to help start an outside company, using email and holding discussions on government time, according to an inspector general’s report.
Gen Con wants tech upgrades at convention center to stay in Indy
Whether Seattle-based Gen Con and local officials can now reach an understanding on technology could spell the difference between Indianapolis’ hanging onto its most prized convention and potentially losing it to another city.
Elanco’s first challenge as separate firm will be stopping red ink
The Greenfield-based animal health unit has posted more than a half-billion dollars in losses in the past three years, and it will face huge new corporate expenses as it goes its separate way after more than a half-century as part of Eli Lilly and Co.
Records reveal Hogsett office’s efforts to stiff-arm press on HQ2 bid
Local and national reporters clamored for interviews with Mayor Joe Hogsett about Indianapolis’ chances, but city officials largely kept quiet while forwarding media to the Indy Chamber and influencing messaging behind the scenes.
Firm crusades for insurers to cover alternative therapies
Carmel-based American Specialty Health specializes in connecting patients with chiropractors, acupuncturists, physical therapists and others who treat pain without using pharmaceutical drugs.
Consumer group says Indiana power plant has failed customers
Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana says Duke Energy’s controversial Edwardsport plant has suffered repeated outages and failed to live up to its promises, costing ratepayers more than $1 billion in unneeded fees.
IU aims to find cures for three forms of cancer, help prevent or slow other diseases
The university said it has hired 33 research faculty to help under the “Grand Challenges” program in precision health, an initiative it rolled out two years ago.
All eyes on Lilly’s fast-growing diabetes drug, Trulicity
The drug, launched in 2014, is one of Lilly’s fastest-growing medicines, but its fate could hinge on the results of another clinical trial for heart benefits. The Indianapolis-based drugmaker plans to release results later this year.
Watchdog turns heads by standing up to utilities
Indiana Utility Consumer Counselor Bill Fine is tasked with making sure Hoosier households and business aren’t overcharged for electricity, natural gas, water or wastewater.
Lilly shares hit highest point in 18 years after Elanco decision
The run-up in share price seems to reflect investor sentiment that the Indianapolis drugmaker has turned a corner after more than a decade of struggling to launch new medicines.
Lilly plans IPO for Elanco animal-health unit
The Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical company said the division’s headquarters would remain in Greenfield after the spinoff and that no job cuts are planned.
Eskenazi’s burn center to expand in response to high patient volumes
The Richard M. Fairbanks Burn Center, on the fourth floor of Eskenazi Hospital, is about to get a $320,000 expansion to help it treat more patients.
Q&A: Dr. Seung Park translates books, medical lingo
Indiana University Health's chief health information officer has a passion for languages.