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<p><strong>Dow AgroSciences LLC</strong>, which seems to sign a new deal every week, announced two, in fact, in the past eight
                     days. The Indianapolis-based developer of agricultural products announced Nov. 24 that its Canada subsidiary acquired the
                     assets                      of Hyland Seeds, a division of Thompsons Ltd. of Blenheim, Ontario. Dow Agro is adding distribution
                     capacity for the 2010 launch of its SmartStax variety of genetically modified seeds.                      Then on Dec. 1,
                     Dow Agro invested an undisclosed amount in Ontario-based Agrisoma Biosciences Inc. The companies have been collaborating
                     since 2004 to genetically engineer plant traits, and now will expand their work into field crops, such as corn and soybeans.
                     Dow Agro&rsquo;s investment secured it a commercial license option for Agrisoma technology.</p><p>The <strong>Indiana   
                     Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute</strong> has received $2.5 million to help it turn laboratory discoveries into
                     treatments faster. The money will be used to bring the <strong>University of Notre Dame</strong> into the institute, now a
                     partnership of Indiana and Purdue universities. Other funds will go to build up the institute&rsquo;s Web site          
                     and to figure out best practices for community-health efforts. Nearly $1 million of the funds will be used to recruit patients
                     to participate in clinical trials conducted by physicians at the Indiana Clinic, a new joint venture of the <strong>IU  
                     School of Medicine</strong> and the Indianapolis-based <strong>Clarian Health</strong> hospital system.</p><p>Officials of
                     <strong>Wishard Health                      Services</strong>                      released details Tuesday of their first
                     request for bids on construction of a new Wishard                      hospital downtown.                      Hospital officials
                     are looking for contractors to build a 2,300-space                      parking garage, the first of five buildings to  
                     house the new hospital. Marion County voters agreed&nbsp;                      Nov. 3 to back bonds that&nbsp; Wishard&rsquo;s
                     parent organization will sell                      to fund the $754 million project.                      A meeting about
                     the bid process will be held Dec. 17. The new hospital is scheduled to open                      in December            
                     2013.</p>