FOCUS: Biosciences institute’s chief scientific officer aims to foster commercialization
Rainer Fischer’s goal is to spur collaboration in research and commercialization of life sciences products.
Rainer Fischer’s goal is to spur collaboration in research and commercialization of life sciences products.
To keep his seat, Joe Donnelly will need to navigate issues and votes such as the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch and reforming the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a way that holds his base and left-leaning donors while not offending too many Hoosier voters.
A sexual harassment scandal involving host Bill O’Reilly has prompted major advertisers such as Eli Lilly and Co. and several automakers to drop out. Indianapolis-based Angie’s List is among those sticking with the show.
Broadening its efforts to defuse outrage over skyrocketing prices, the pharmaceutical industry’s lobbying association has started an advertising campaign urging insurers to share with customers more of the benefits of rebates they’ve negotiated.
The Indianapolis-based consumer-reviews service had been an outlier among major companies in sticking with the show despite a report in The New York Times that Bill O’Reilly and Fox News had settled a rash of cases accusing him of harassment and inappropriate conduct.
The drug, which has the proposed brand name Olumiant and is approved for use in Europe, was expected to be a big seller.
News that federal regulators rejected Lilly’s drug for arthritis sent the stock tumbling more than 5 percent Monday, and sent surprised analysts searching for answers.
Eli Lilly and Co. told a federal jury that a German company is trying to take credit for centuries-old Chinese medicine in seeking royalties on the use of its erectile-dysfunction drug Cialis to treat an enlarged prostate.
Lilly would be investing even more here if the U.S. House Republican blueprint for tax reform were already in place. So would the nearly 8,600 Indiana companies that sell products in foreign markets.
Safis Solutions LLC, a 15-year-old Indianapolis consulting firm that helps life science companies move their products through the government regulatory process, has been acquired by PharmaLex, the companies announced Monday.
The Indianapolis-based drugmaker beat Wall Street expectations by 2 cents a share—performance it attributed to brisk sales of new products.
Shares in Eli Lilly and Co. stock fell more than 3 percent Tuesday after the Indianapolis-based drugmaker released a quarterly earnings report that showed sales of potential blockbuster drug Jardiance missed expectations by a wide margin.
Clyde Harris says he’s had the “craziest career you have ever seen, from politics to acting in front of the camera to writing scripts to sales.”
Although lawmakers OK’d less than half the $50 million annual pledge business leaders wanted for expanding state-funded preschool, they passed a major infrastructure bill that businesses favored.
Days of heavy rainfall have forced the temporary closure of downtown Indianapolis’ historic Soldiers and Sailors Monument.
Around Indiana, life sciences companies are searching high and low for venture capital to fund promising but expensive new products, which can take a decade or longer to develop.
Oakland University in suburban Detroit on Thursday announced that its board of trustees unanimously chose Ora Hirsch Pescovitz for the job after a search involving more than 60 candidates.
IBJ’s Life Sciences Power Breakfast was held April 28, 2017, at the Marriott downtown. Here’s the full transcript.