The familiar face of a local Hispanic television newscast is back on the air, less than six months after the parent of WISH-TV Channel 8 pulled the plug on him. But perhaps even more impressive than the speedy return is the array of loyal advertisers, including one of the city’s largest public companies, that stuck […]
Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. might make a play for one of the animal-health businesses that Merck & Co. Inc. now plans to divest. A spokeswoman for New Jersey-based Merck told the Wall Street Journal yesterday that the company plans to sell one of the two animal-health divisions it controls after its purchase of Schering-Plough […]
Consumer health advocates and a patent holder on a highly anticipated blood thinner from Eli Lilly and Co. want the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to halt its review of the drug, which they say may be unsafe at the suggested dose. The FDA has been reviewing Indianapolis-based Lilly’s prasugrel since January 2008. A company […]
It may not have the flash and pizazz of psychiatric, cancer and heart drugs, but expect Eli Lilly and Co.’s osteoporosis franchise to steadily build itself to blockbuster status over the next decade. That’s the upshot of a June 1 report from Massachusetts-based Decision Resources Inc.. which predicts that Lilly’s drug Forteo and a new […]
By preserving residency as a condition to distribute booze, our Legislature is protecting Indiana’s existing liquor distributors, many of whom do business in neighboring states like Illinois and Michigan. This antiquated standard is anti-competitive and ultimately means higher prices and reduced selection for Indiana residents.
Cripe Architects and Engineers has been named lead consultant on a $2 million project to beautify five Interstate 70 interchanges.
Two global companies based in Indianapolis have been recognized for their philanthropic efforts.
In Indianapolis and around the country, congregations that expanded before the recession are now taking drastic measures,
including budget cuts that have resulted in layoffs, salary reductions and giving less to charities.
Within a month of joining the board of Evansville’s Integra Bank Corp. Mike Alley, former CEO of Fifth Third Bancorp’s central Indiana operations, had become Integra’s interim CEO.
The Greek Orthodox families of central Indiana worked for 10 years to build their new gold-domed church in Carmel, but they aren’t finished sacrificing. The 500-family congregation now must pay off the $9 million building, just as the recession and stock market collapse have wiped out some families’ ability to make good on pledges. “We wish, maybe, we hadn’t got […]
Indianapolis pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Co. has formed a diabetes marketing and education partnership with the Minnesota-based device maker Medtronic Inc., the two companies announced today. Lilly and Medtronic plan to use their marketing and sales teams to improve educational materials about Type 1 diabetes available to patients and physicians. Type 1 diabetes occurs […]
Indianapolis pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Co. has formed a diabetes marketing and education partnership with the Minnesota-based device maker Medtronic Inc., the two companies announced today. Lilly and Medtronic plan to use their marketing and sales teams to improve educational materials about Type 1 diabetes available to patients and physicians. Type 1 diabetes occurs […]
Lilly Endowment lost 26 percent of its value in 2008, falling from $7.7 billion to $5.7 billion. What’s different about the
Indianapolis-based endowment is that its most recent loss caps a downward slide that’s lasted eight years.
Some of Indianapolis’ main entrances from Interstate 70 are in line for a $2 million makeover.
Posting double-digit percentage losses is a rare event for most charitable foundations. Not so at the multibillion-dollar Lilly Endowment Inc. The Indianapolis-based foundation lost 26 percent of its value in 2008, falling from $7.7 billion to $5.7 billion. What’s different about Lilly Endowment is that its most recent loss caps a downward slide that’s lasted […]
Eli Lilly and Co. CEO John Lechleiter said during a speech today in Washington that he opposes the public-plan option at the center of President Barack Obama’s health care reform principles. He also warned that the “comparative-effectiveness” research of medical treatments, which received vast funding in Obama’s February stimulus bill, could go wrong if it’s […]
Eli Lilly and Co. CEO John Lechleiter said during a speech today in Washington, D.C., that he opposes the public-plan option at the center of President Barack Obama’s health care reform principles. He also warned that the “comparative-effectiveness” research of medical treatments, which received vast funding in Obama’s February stimulus bill, could go wrong if […]
Dr. Hamburger can no longer blame Zyprexa for making you fat. At least he can’t as part of lawsuits brought by patients against Zyprexa’s maker, Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. Zyprexa treats schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Federal Judge Jack B. Weinstein in Brooklyn, N.Y., yesterday decided to exclude the expert testimony of Dr. Stephen Hamburger, […]
Dr. Hamburger can no longer blame Zyprexa for making you fat. Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 At least he can’t as part of lawsuits brought by patients against Zyprexa’s maker, Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. Zyprexa treats schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Federal Judge Jack B. Weinstein in Brooklyn, N.Y., yesterday decided to exclude the […]
President Obama is wrong when he says government
is the only solution to what ails America’s economy. In reality, his thoughts are tragically flawed. Government, as we know it today, is the problem.
