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Group praises Indianapolis’ Census form return rate

The Indianapolis Complete Count Committee says 19 percent of forms distributed in the city have been returned since they went
out last week. Only Baltimore, with 20 percent, had a higher rate of return among the top 25 U.S. cities.

IU study: Money matters to docs

Think doctors and hospitals aren’t influenced by money? Think again. Patients seen at private facilities reimbursed
by Medicare were 5.5 times more likely to receive routine cataract surgery than patients at poorly funded Veterans Affairs
facilities.

People

John Lechleiter, CEO of Eli Lilly and Co., was elected treasurer of the board of PhRMA, the powerful industry
association that represents large pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Lechleiter has been on the board of PhRMA for two
years.

Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group Inc. named former WellPoint Inc. CEO Larry Glasscock to its board
of directors. Glasscock, 61, also serves as a director at Warsaw-based Zimmer Holdings Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corp.

The Indiana Health Industry Forum elected two members to its board of directors: Mark Deuser, CEO of Techshot,
a technology development company based in Greenville, and Todd Vare, an intellectual-property attorney at
the Indianapolis law firm Barnes & Thornburg LLP.

Company news

You win some, you lose some, and you go to court again. That was the story for Eli Lilly and Co. in the
past week. The Indianapolis-based drugmaker suffered the biggest theft of pharmaceuticals in history when $75 million worth
of drugs were stolen from a Connecticut warehouse. The company expects its insurance to cover the losses. Meanwhile, Lilly
won a court appeal against Massachusetts-based Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc., according to Bloomberg News. That decision nullified
a $65.2 million verdict won by Ariad for royalties on Lilly’s osteoporosis drug Evista and sepsis medicine Xigris. But
Lilly plunged into a new patent dispute, this time suing the U.S. unit of Dutch drugmaker Synthon BV to prevent it from selling
a generic version Adcirca. The drug, which was approved last year, uses the same active ingredient as Lilly’s anti-impotence
pill Cialis to treat lung problems.

The Fairbanks Institute for Healthy Communities has created a repository in Indianapolis for scientists
to research diseases associated with aging and ideally help develop more effective medicines. The INbank stores biological
samples along with the history and clinical outcome of the corresponding patient.

The Alfred Mann Institute for Biomedical Development in West Lafayette is funding work by two Purdue University
professors that could allow for almost immediate readings on the concentration of a drug in a patient’s blood. The technology,
being developed by Zheng Ouyang, a professor of biomedical engineering, and R. Graham Cooks, an analytical chemistry professor,
could be used in hospitals, doctor's offices or as part of clinical trials. Also, by not sending the blood sample to an
off-site lab, the test could cost far less.

Indianapolis-based Diversity Accords LLC and the Indiana Health Industry Forum have formed
a partnership to help minority-owned suppliers identify and respond to opportunities within the health and life sciences industries.
Members of the Health Industry Forum can receive a discount off Diversity Accords’ monthly association fee. Diversity
Accords has been tapped by such companies as Illinois-based Hospira Inc. and California-based Kaiser-Permanente to meet their
objectives on using minority-owned companies as suppliers.
 

Obama signs historic $938 billion health care overhaul

Attorneys general from 13 states filed suit to stop the overhaul just minutes after the bill signing, contending the law is
unconstitutional. Other state attorneys general may join the lawsuit later or sue separately.

IBJ wins national journalism awards

IBJ received three national journalism awards at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers’ annual
conference on March 20 in Phoenix.

Docs fear reform will exacerbate ER overuse

One of the most agreed-upon reasons for health care reform was the expensive overuse of the emergency room by uninsured patients.
But two Hoosier ER docs—one conservative, one liberal—say the implementation of ObamaCare will leave that fundamental
problem unresolved.

Fire forces 6 families out of apartments

The Red Cross is assisting six families forced out of their apartments by fire. The Fishers Fire Department responded at about
9:45 Monday night to reports of a first-floor fire at the Deerbrook Apartments near Allisonville Road. They put it out, then
used thermal imaging and other tests to make sure it had been extinguished. They were called back at 11 p.m., however, after
the fire reoccurred. About half the apartments in the 16-unit building suffered fire and water damage.

Dog adoption questioned after attack

A dog involved in a vicious attack was adopted from the Humane Society of Indianapolis less than two months before the incident.
The dog’s owner, Shawn Middleton, 25, faces four misdemeanor counts stemming from the early-March attack, in which two
pit bulls injured a 23-year-old Indianapolis man. Police shot and killed one of the dogs, Yoda, which Middleton adopted on
Jan. 8. Humane Society CEO John Aleshire said the dog was at the shelter for more than six weeks and the only aggressive behavior
it showed came immediately following major surgery.

Purdue freshman still missing

Investigators are continuing to search for missing Purdue freshman Patrick Trainor, 19, who hasn’t been heard from since
he sent a text message to a friend at 1:21 a.m. Sunday. The message was sent from the area of 96th Street and Fall Creek Road.
Friends have been driving area streets looking for Trainor's 1999 green Ford Mustang with passenger side damage. Trainor's
cell phone has died and his debit and credit cards show no new activity. Fox59 will have more at 4 pm.

Longtime F.C. Tucker president retiring

Fred Tucker, who has led F.C. Tucker Co. since 1986, will leave the company April 1 and hand the reins to business partner
H. James Litten.

Record visitor spending expected for Final Four

Tickets were snapped up fast for this year’s Final Four, almost assuring a record economic impact for Indianapolis. But two
more wins for Purdue or Butler could bring down projected visitor spending.

Another General Growth suitor enters fray

Elliott Associates LP and Paulson & Co. are said to be discussing a plan to team with Brookfield Asset Management Inc. to
bring mall owner General Growth Properties Inc. out of bankruptcy, competing with Simon Property Group.

Indiana freezes some medical savings account rolls

The new federal health care bill will put 500,000 more Indiana residents on Medicaid and lead to higher state taxes, Gov.
Mitch Daniels said Monday, but a government insurance proponent said it will help families and businesses.

Construction

-Shamrock Builders-Commercial has finished a 4,660-square-foot dental office for Dr. Joe Hadley at 5406 S. Emerson Ave.

-Shamrock Builders-Commercial has started construction of an 8,000-square-foot tenant build-out for RBC Wealth Management
at 8888 Keystone Crossing, Suite 200. The project is scheduled to be completed by May 31.

-Mainstay Inc. has finished an 8,500-square-foot shared senior living residence at 5510 S. Emerson Ave. for KP Partners LLC.