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The first female dean in the 169-year history of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law has raised tens of millions of dollars, improved the caliber of students and moved the school into the top 25 in the nation.
The first woman head of the Capital Improvement Board took over at a critical juncture. Nearly two years into the job, she has succeeded in avoiding a potential $47 million deficit and signing a three-year deal with the Pacers to remain at Conseco Fieldhouse. Next up: Super Bowl XLVI.
Against all odds, the president of Patachou Inc. has built a thriving group of restaurants that have transformed the local dining landscape by emphasizing fresh, local ingredients and careful preparation.
She has been a philanthropist and high-level volunteer par excellence, helping to lead more than 20 local organizations. She has focused particularly on organizations benefiting women.
Now a partner at Krieg DeVault LLP, herwork in homeland security led to her involvement in the nation’s response to 9/11. She also has helped lead many of the city’s most important charities.
She founded the city’s largest public relations agency and has become a force in the not-for-profit world.
The Indiana Fever forward founded the Catch the Stars Foundation, which serves 1,500 underprivileged youth in central Indiana every year, and has a leadership role in a number of other charities that benefit children.
The dean of Indiana University’s School of Nursing, she is a leader in nursing research, service and education. She helped pioneer the treatment of pain in children and founded the Society of Pediatric Nurses.
The legal director of the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence, she created programs to offer victims immediate protection from the time they enter a hospital and founded the state’s first domestic-violence education program for attorneys.
As one of the few women practicing real estate law, she is determined to make life easier for women who follow in her footsteps. She founded IndyCREW, an organization that promotes and supports women in commercial real estate.
The head of the state’s newest public university brings years of White House and Pentagon experience to her position. She hopes to revolutionize our state’s approach to higher education by championing distance learning as key to closing the Hoosier degree gap.
This Hamilton County commissioner is a leader in the drive to improve public transportation in central Indiana and promotes regional cooperation among the diverse communities of central Indiana.
As one of the city’s top immigration attorneys, Angela D. Adams is at the center of the debate on reform.
As an Eli Lilly and Co. lobbyist in Washington, D.C., Jay Bonitt is hoping the Congressional “super committee” charged with trimming the federal budget doesn’t turn to the Medicare prescription drug program, known as Part D, to do so. Bonitt, Lilly's vice president of federal affairs, said the program is under budget and helps spur drugmakers to further innovation.
Parts shortages from three months of catastrophic flooding in Thailand have forced Honda to cut U.S. and Canadian factory production by 50 percent for the second time this year. Honda, which employs 2,000 in Greensburg, said it will not lay off any workers.
Mary Ann Conroy will become CEO of Terre Haute Regional Hospital, effective Dec. 1, according to the Tribune-Star of Terre Haute. She replaces Brian Bauer, who left earlier this year to head up Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Conroy was most recently CEO of Englewood Community Hospital, a 100-bed facility in Florida owned by Tennessee-based hospital chain HCA.
Dr. Joan Chung and Dr. Brian McVay have joined Anesthesia Consultants of Indianapolis. Chung earned her medical degree at Yonsei University School of Medicine in Seoul, South Korea. McVay did his medical training at Michigan State University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine. Both Chung and McVay completed anesthesia residencies at the Indiana University School of Medicine this year.
What a difference a decade makes. Ten years ago, Eli Lilly and Co. stationed trucks filled with Xigris packages around the country, ready to rush supplies of the severe sepsis medicine to hospitals as soon as it won market approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. With the company having lost patent protection on its bestseller Prozac earlier that year, Lilly was desperate to get a new drug on the market. And Xigris, perceived as a breakthrough in a completely unserved market, was thought to be the ticket. Analysts thought the drug would generate as much as $2 billion per year in sales. But last week, Lilly announced it would pull Xigris from the market after a new study showed the drug failed to reduce mortality in patients. In between, Xigris never lived up to its hype. The FDA approved it for a narrower use, limiting its sales. Xigris generated $104 million in revenue last year. In May, Lilly licensed U.S. marketing rights for Xigris to a start-up company, BioCritica Inc.
WellPoint Inc.’s challenge of rate-increase reductions by insurance regulators in Maine will soon reach that state’s highest court—and could have ramifications across the country, according to a report by Kaiser Health News and the Washington Post. WellPoint’s subsidiary, Anthem Health Plans of Maine, will argue Nov. 10 before the Maine Supreme Court that the premium rate increases approved by Maine regulators were "inadequate," because they reduced its built-in profit margin of 3 percent to zero in 2009, 0.5 percent in 2010 and 1 percent this year. If the court sides with WellPoint, the decision "has the potential to destabilize a key aspect of insurance regulation and will have far reaching effects impacting all states,” according to a brief filed in support of the Maine regulators by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. And if WellPoint loses, it could encourage regulators in other states to make similarly aggressive rate reductions. WellPoint also sees national ramifications. The company is spreading the cost of the litigation to policyholders outside of Maine because the outcome could have "a big impact on the industry and not just Anthem," a company official testified during a hearing in April.
Purdue and Indiana universities will share a National Institutes of Health grant to launch a cancer advocacy network and for research on applying systems-engineering principles to cancer prevention and treatment. The $500,000 grant was awarded to Purdue and IU through their joint Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute project. As part of the project, Purdue and IU staff will identify and train recruiters to get more patients enrolled in clinical trials of new cancer treatments.
Third-quarter profit fell nearly 8 percent at WellPoint Inc. but exceeded expectations of Wall Street analysts. WellPoint earned $683.2 million or $1.90 per share. Excluding investment gains, the company would have earned $1.77 per share, 3 cents higher than in the third quarter last year. Analysts were expecting $1.68 per share, excluding investment gains, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters. WellPoint’s operating revenue in the quarter rose nearly 6 percent, to $15.16 billion, narrowly topping analysts’ forecast of $15.12 billion. The company pleased analysts by adding 169,000 new members to its insurance plan during the quarter.
Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences on Thursday reported record third-quarter sales of $1.2 billion, up 27 percent from the same period a year ago. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization were $75 million in the quarter ended Sept. 30, reversing a $12 million loss through greater volume and higher prices. Dow Agro is a unit of Midland, Mich.-based Dow Chemical Co.
A Monrovia High School teacher accused of raping a 16-year-old student entered a not-guilty plea in court Monday morning. Daniel Goens, 45, was investigated after the student reported the alleged assault in September. Goens, who entered the courtroom in tears, is charged with rape, criminal deviate conduct, confinement and child seduction. He is being held on a $40,000 bond, but that could be lowered at a Tuesday hearing.
Speedway police said a man wearing a Halloween mask and as many as five other individuals were involved in an armed robbery and home invasion early Monday morning. Police said the group forced its way into an apartment about 1:30 a.m. in the 1700 block of Foyt Drive in Sanford Court, near High School Road and 21st Street. The suspects displayed several guns. Two people were home at the time of the incident. No injuries were reported. Police are talking to two people of interest.
The Evansville-based financial services holding company reported third-quarter profit of $16.8 million. Earnings would have been even better without expenses related to its purchase of Integra Bank.
