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SynCare LLC, an Indianapolis-based disease-management company for state Medicaid plans, named Terri Morris,
a registered nurse, vice president of its Missouri operations.

Dr. Ruth McCluskey has joined Hendricks Pediatrics, a member of Hendricks Regional Health Medical Group.
She was chief resident in pediatrics at Riley Hospital for Children.

Dr. Nadeem Ikhlaque has joined St. Francis Medical Group Oncology & Hematology Specialists. He most
recently served as a hematologist/oncologist for Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling, W.V.

Darla K. Owens, a registered nurse, has been appointed manager for perioperative services at St. Francis
Hospital-Mooresville.

Dr. Katie White Stenson will become a physiatrist at Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana on Aug. 30.

Company news

Orthopedics giant Biomet Inc. plans to invest $26 million to grow operations in its hometown of Warsaw,
adding 278 jobs by the end of 2012. Biomet’s Warsaw Center of Excellence initiative calls for facility improvements
and new equipment that will allow the company to consolidate manufacturing activities from New Jersey.  Research-and-development
and administrative services also will be expanded. The Indiana Economic Development Corp. offered the company as much as $2.75
million in performance-based tax credits and up to $200,000 in training grants to help the company expand. Biomet also will
get a 10-year tax abatement approved by the Kosciusko County Council.

A researcher at the Indiana University School of Medicine concluded in a clinical trial that an experimental
drug can double the cure rate for patients with hepatitis C. In the trial, doctors added the drug boceprevir, made by New
Jersey-based Merck & Co. Inc., to the standard treatment regime for the chronic liver ailment. Cure rates jumped to 75
percent using the combination therapy, compared with a 38-percent cure rate for the standard treatment. The clinical study
was led by IU’s Dr. Paul Kwo, but was conducted at 67 sites in the United States, Canada and Europe.

Matrix-Bio Inc., based in West Lafayette, received an investment from Main Street Venture Funds,
a Fort Wayne-based group of angel investors. The size of the investment was not disclosed. Matrix-Bio is using technology
developed at Purdue University to develop a test that can detect a recurrence of breast cancer earlier than mammograms and
MRI images, which are currently the most common tests.

Attorney General files suit against local publisher

Attorney General accuses David Caswell and New Century Publishing of violating state consumer protection laws by accepting
payment without providing publishing services. IBJ reported July 30 that several authors had paid New Century for books but
never received them.

Bad news piles up for Lilly

What a tough week for Lilly. On Aug. 12, a judge struck down the Indianapolis-based drugmaker’s U.S. patent on Strattera,
which might cost the company about $450 million in annual revenue. Then, five days later, Lilly halted clinical trials on
one
of its experimental Alzheimer’s medicines, because patients did worse on the drug than on a placebo.

Q&A

Dr. Kevin Macadaeg, vice president of the Indiana Spine Group, talked about his physician
group's decision to build a 60,000-square-foot medical office and "bioskills" lab in Carmel next year, as well
as the group's commitment to grow independently in the face of pressures from hospital acquisitions and health reform.

Expanding hospitals target Bloomington

Monroe Hospital in Bloomington is the latest target in the statewide buildup by hospital systems. St. Vincent Health, St.
Francis and at least one other system have all had talks in the past month with Monroe.

Boy, 12, in hospital after near-drowning

A 12-year-old boy was rushed to St. Vincent Hospital in critical condition after being pulled out of a pool Monday night at
the Pickwick Farms Apartments on the north side of Indianapolis. Police said the boy jumped in the water when no lifeguard
was on duty and he was unable to swim. Witnesses began CPR immediately after the boy was pulled from the pool until medics
arrived.

School delayed because of vandalism

Batesville Community Schools delayed school by 90 minutes Tuesday morning because someone cut the tire valves on more than
half the buses in the system’s fleet. Sixteen of the school system’s 26 buses were damaged, according to school
superintendent Jim Roberts. Drivers from other school districts were able to drive the students to class this morning after
the delay.

Man in custody after SWAT situation

Police took a man into custody Tuesday morning after an hours-long police standoff on the south side of Indianapolis. Shortly
after 9:30 a.m., special weapons and tactics team members entered a home on East Tabor Street and brought out a man in handcuffs.
Police have identified him as Dustin Denney. Witnesses say he fired about five shots into the air just after 7 a.m. Three
nearby IPS schools were on lockdown while the situation was unfolding. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.

Visteon ordered to reinstate health care to retirees

The mandate from a U.S. bankruptcy judge will supply retroactive benefits to more than 6,000 Visteon Corp. retirees who lost
insurance coverage after
the
Michigan-based auto-parts maker filed for bankruptcy in 2009, including 2,100 workers in Indiana.

New racing series coming to Indy

Arena Racing USA could be housed in Conseco Fieldhouse or Pepsi Coliseum starting in 2011. Tony Stewart and Joe Gibbs are among investors in new series.

More museum retail on the canal?

The canal-side institutions are having trouble luring White River State Park visitors. Why not use retail to get them in the
doors?

IndyGo airport route extended through 2011

The bus system’s announcement in May that its current service and fare structure will remain intact through 2011 helped to
extend the life of the route.