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Gayle Cook, philanthropist and co-founder of Cook companies, dies at 91

August 17, 2025
IBJ Staff

Gayle Cook was known for her work in historic preservation—most notably for spearheading the restoration and preservation of the West Baden Springs and French Lick resorts.

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Cook Group to sell West Lafayette-based biotech subsidiary to Florida company

January 8, 2024
Alex Brown, Inside INdiana Business

Cook Biotech employs 275 people, all of whom will transition to RTI Surgical once the deal closes.

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Cook to design interventional MRI devices in pact with Siemens Healthineers

September 17, 2025 | Daniel Lee

The companies are creating the Interventional MRI Suite, the first integrated, ionizing radiation-free product providing clinicians with real-time guidance for procedures.

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IU, Cook Medical announce 5-year agreement to advance research and innovation

September 2, 2025 | IBJ Staff

The IU Launch Accelerator for Biosciences, or IU LAB, based in Indianapolis, will serve as the coordinating organization for projects launched as part of the initiative. 

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Cook Medical invests in California urology-device company

November 20, 2024 | John RussellJohn Russell

Cook Medical is leading a $24 million investment round to support a medical-device startup developing a minimally invasive treatment for urinary conditions.

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Cook Group sues Lloyd’s of London underwriter for refusing to honor $10M policy

September 26, 2024 | John RussellJohn Russell

More than 6,000 people have filed claims against Cook in connection with its inferior vena cava filters, which are small, metal, cage-like devices inserted into a vein that returns blood from the lower half of the body to the heart.

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Cook Medical sells portion of reproductive health business for $300M

November 2, 2023 | Alex Brown, Inside INdiana Business

The move comes three months after a proposed $875 million sale of Cook’s entire reproductive health business to Cooper was called off.

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California firm terminates $875M acquisition of Cook Medical unit, FTC says

August 1, 2023 | John RussellJohn Russell

The Federal Trade Commission said CooperCompanies’ decision to abandon the deal “ensures that critical reproductive health markets remain competitive.”

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Cook Medical president creates roadmap for neighborhood renewal, calls other business leaders to action

February 9, 2023 | Taylor Wooten

Cook and its neighborhood partners are taking revitalization a step further in the 38th Street and Sheridan Avenue area by collaborating on solutions to fix trouble spots in the area.

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2022 HR Impact Awards: Cook Medical

October 13, 2022 | Samm QuinnSamm Quinn

Bloomington-based Cook Medical wins in the education and training category for making it easier for people in its community to earn their high school equivalency diploma.

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Study plots potential impact of Fresh Market planned by Cook Medical plant

August 15, 2022 | Taylor Wooten

The Indy Fresh Market, located at 38th Street and Sheridan Avenue, is expected to bring food, jobs and millions of dollars in investment to the Arlington Woods neighborhood, which is classified as a food desert.

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Cook Group sued for ‘unreasonably high fees’ in 401(k) plan

June 27, 2022 | John RussellJohn Russell

Cook Group, the Bloomington-based maker of medical devices, is being sued by a participant of its 401(k) retirement plan. Cook officials said the company planned to fight the suit.

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Q&A: Eastsider returns to take charge of transformational project

June 10, 2022 | Susan OrrSusan Orr

Juanita Easterling now works for Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana as the plant manager of Cook Medical’s brand-new $15 million medical manufacturing facility on the northeast side of Indianapolis.

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IBJ Podcast: The ‘surreal’ story behind filming supernatural thriller in West Baden

May 2, 2022

Host Mason King talks with Cook Group President Pete Yonkman and Pigasus Pictures CEO Zack Spicer about making a movie at—and about—the West Baden Hotel and why Cook Group execs got involved.

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Pete Yonkman: Core business resources can drive community change

April 29, 2022 | Pete Yonkman

Government and policymakers have a large role to play in addressing the state’s economic challenges. But they can’t do it alone. Nor should we expect them to.

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Cook Group planning to build 300 homes for employees

April 14, 2022 | Wes Mills, Inside INdiana Business

Bloomington-based Cook Medical Inc. is hoping to address Indiana’s housing shortage for middle-income families, and it is starting with its own workers.

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IBJ Podcast: Group recruits IU athletes to help not-for-profits via NIL deals

March 14, 2022

Host Mason King talks with Cook Group President Pete Yonkman, an organizer of Hoosiers for Good, and the new group’s executive director, Tyler Harris, about how they plan to use name, image, likeness rules to pay athletes to endorse causes.

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7th Circuit rules that a products liability claim against Cook Medical is untimely

March 3, 2022 | Katie Stancombe, The Indiana Lawyer

The case was among thousands of complaints filed against Cook that have been consolidated in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis. The number of claims recently topped 10,000, although more than 1,800 claims have been dismissed or otherwise removed.

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Cook Medical legal battle one of largest in state history

February 25, 2022 | John RussellJohn Russell

The medical-device maker is vigorously defending itself against a mountain of lawsuits that claim its inferior vena cava (IVC) filters, designed to catch blood clots, are unsafe.

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Cook Medical to sell reproductive health unit for $875M

February 8, 2022 | John RussellJohn Russell

The reproductive health unit includes products for obstetrics and gynecology, in vitro fertilization and assisted reproductive technology.

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How IU’s smart-fiber lab could supercharge Cook Medical’s devices

October 22, 2021 | Sam Stall

The collaboration will explore incorporating “smart fibers” into Cook Medical’s products to facilitate continuous, real-time monitoring of various bodily functions during procedures.

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Cook Medical, not-for-profits to build full-service grocery near 38th and Sheridan

May 6, 2021 | Leslie Bonilla MuñizLeslie Bonilla Muñiz

The 14,000-square-foot store—Indy Fresh Market—will be run by two neighborhood entrepreneurs and located in an area that is designated a food desert.

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