A $44 million VC infusion in 2017 for biosciences firm On Target Laboratories was one indication that Indiana’s life sciences sector is finally starting to pull down some serious venture funding.
Lisa Sprunger founded frozen-soup company Urban Ladle in the kitchen of her north-side home, nurturing it into a line of seven frozen soups sold at various, mostly Indiana, retailers.
Right now, that “blame game” describes some of the arguments being made by opponents of Indianapolis Public Schools’ operating referendum—which has now been put off until November.
The Food and Drug Administration proposal will create new opportunities for drugmakers after repeated failures from companies including Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co.
The plan intends to use $200 billion in federal money to leverage more than $1 trillion on local and state tax dollars to fix America’s roads, highways, ports and airports.
The goal of the program is to provide care for a patient’s overall physical, mental and spiritual well-being, including pain management, at-home support, nutrition assistance and help with navigating financial issues.
Created to address the water-quality crisis, Megan Glover’s startup rose in under two years to $2 million in bookings, including contracts with the state for water-testing kits for more than 800 public schools.
Hired to create a new mission, vision and five-year strategy, Angela Carr Klitzsch raised $6 million for the organization and launched Mayor Joe Hogsett’s Project Indy summer youth employment program.
The first chief financial officer of all of High Alpha’s early-stage portfolio companies, Blake Koriath has been instrumental in High Alpha’s enterprise cloud companies, raising more than $40 million in investment capital.
The Trump administration announced Thursday it is doing away with a decades-old air emissions policy opposed by fossil fuel companies, a move that environmental groups say will result in more pollution.
Deans of public health schools at IU, Harvard, Johns Hopkins and other universities said the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World is too closely tied to an industry that sells deadly products to millions.
