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These drugs could treat COVID-19, but silver bullet might not be found

April 16, 2020 | The Washington Post

The roster of potential therapies includes new antivirals, older antivirals, anti-inflammatory drugs, stem cell therapies, antiparasitic drugs, and even treatments for erectile dysfunction.

Eli Lilly testing arthritis drug for COVID-19 treatment

April 13, 2020 | John Russell

Baricitinib, also known under the brand name Olumiant, is approved in more than 65 countries as a treatment for adults with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis.

Endowment’s largesse targets not-for-profit safety net

April 10, 2020 | Lindsey Erdody

Within a week of Indiana’s first confirmed case of COVID-19, the Indianapolis-based endowment granted $15 million to underwrite a new community fund dedicated to helping social service agencies respond to the pandemic.

Bret Swanson: It will take an info-tech solution to restart economy

April 10, 2020 | Bret Swanson

Our initial defenses were so broad and blunt … because we knew so little.

Abdul-Hakim Shabazz: COVID-19 brings out the best (and worst) in us

April 10, 2020 | Abdul-Hakim Shabazz

Coronavirus is like alcohol, money and power. It shows who among us are the flowers who could use a dousing of Roundup.

INDY BEACONS: Dr. John Hurty, a leader in time of pandemic

April 9, 2020 | Richard Gunderman / Special to IBJ

Hurty helped guide both Indianapolis and the state through the devastating 1918 influenza pandemic.

County privacy policies on COVID-19 cases creating tensions over transparency

April 9, 2020 | Kurt Christian

Counties say they fear HIPAA fines if they provide granular information on COVID-19 cases, but a journalism expert says the free flow of information is needed to help the public understand the level of threat.

Carryout just isn’t cutting it for many local restaurants

April 9, 2020 | Susan Orr

Some local restaurants trying to stay afloat without dine-in service report sales have plunged by two-thirds or more, raising questions about how much longer they’ll be able to survive.

New $2.6M fund to aid schools shifting to long-term e-learning

April 8, 2020 | Samm Quinn

The fund will support the immediate needs of schools and students with limited access to technology and long-term e-learning solutions, including the launch of an e-learning lab that will be open to all schools statewide.

COVID-19 community relief fund awards additional $4.55M in grants

April 7, 2020 | IBJ Staff

Combined with a first round of grants made March 24, the Central Indiana COVID-19 Community Economic Relief Fund has distributed more than $11.8 million to 74 organizations in central Indiana to date.

Firms rally to fill COVID-19 needs

April 3, 2020

In response to the pandemic, a litany of firms with health care expertise that are headquartered in the state or with a major presence here stepped up to help.

Letter: Remember our neighbors in crisis

April 3, 2020

We’ve been asked as good citizens to prevent the spread of coronavirus by social distancing. Yes—let’s all do our part. But that doesn’t mean you have to close your door—or your mind, or your heart—to friends and neighbors.

Museums, performance venues expect to withstand closures

April 3, 2020 | Mickey Shuey

Facing millions of dollars in lost revenue from the COVID-19 outbreak, major arts and cultural attractions throughout Indianapolis are slashing budgets, cutting staff and dipping into reserves or endowments to make ends meet.

EDITORIAL: Having Lilly Endowment on our side is powerful weapon in virus war

April 2, 2020

The Lilly Endowment has long shown a deep commitment to this city and state, but rarely has it been on display in such a resounding way as during the COVID-19 crisis.

As Indiana COVID-19 cases rise, testing appears to have slowed

April 1, 2020 | John Russell

State leaders on Wednesday defended “targeted testing”—or restricting tests to certain high-risk groups—saying they didn’t want to deplete test supplies.

Holcomb launches campaign to further encourage Hoosiers to stay home

April 1, 2020 | Lindsey Erdody

Gov. Eric Holcomb on Wednesday announced a campaign called “IN this together” to encourage citizens to follow stay-at-home and social-distancing guidelines during the pandemic.

Rush to market: COVID-19 puts Roche’s emergency response team to test

April 1, 2020 | Tom Harton

Compressing a two-year job into nine weeks is a remarkable—almost unheard of—feat. Yet that’s what Roche Diagnostics did when it shipped the first commercially available tests for the novel coronavirus on March 13.

Court rejects Lilly’s challenge of competitor’s patents on migraine drug

April 1, 2020 | Samm Quinn

Eli Lilly and Co.’s treatment Emgality and Teva Pharmaceutical’s drug Ajovy were approved within months of each other in 2018.

Lilly expands drive-thru COVID-19 testing to essential workers, vulnerable seniors