Lilly cancer drug fares well in late-stage study
Eli Lilly and Co. said Friday its potential colorectal cancer drug Cyramza helped patients on chemotherapy with advanced cases of the disease survive longer than patients on chemotherapy alone.
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Startup Companion Diagnostics trying to work through bankruptcy
Companion Diagnostics Inc., a biotech company that relocated to Indiana from Connecticut in 2010, has entered bankruptcy reorganization while it tries to develop a therapy for inflammation.
After strong trials, Lilly to seek approvals for psoriasis drug
The drug company said Thursday its drug ixekizumab cleared away skin inflammation in six times as many patients as the blockbuster drug Enbrel. Lilly is in a race to bring the first in a new-class of psoriasis treatments to market.
Indy startup has rare disease in its sights
Founders of Chondrial Therapeutics believe that if further testing validates their treatment for Friedreich’s ataxia, it could be a blockbuster with annual sales topping $1 billion.
Roche drug trial backs Lilly on Alzheimer’s findings
Results of a Roche clinical trial mirror those produced by an experimental Lilly drug two years ago. Lilly executives say that validates their approach in the multi-billion-dollar race to market the first drug to reverse Alzheimer’s.
Lilly wins EU backing for version of insulin drug
Lantus, which garnered $7.8 billion in sales for Paris-based Sanofi in 2013, loses patent protection in Europe in May next year.
Insurance changes put state’s autism industry on edge
Indiana’s autism therapists say their prospects are cloudy after the state’s largest health insurer, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, cut payments 40 percent and took a harder line on paying for therapy for school-age children.
Endocyte shares plunge 60 percent after drug trial is stopped
Endocyte Inc.’s stock fell more than 60 percent in early trading Friday after the drug it’s developing with Merck & Co.’s backing failed to help patients in a trial for ovarian cancer.
Cancer treatment makes Endocyte premium takeover target
Now that Indiana-based Endocyte Inc.’s experimental cancer treatment is proving successful, the company may command a takeover bid at one of the industry’s highest premiums on record.
Endocyte stock doubles after key approval in Europe
The stock price of Endocyte Inc. skyrocketed by as much as 130 percent Friday morning after the drug company got a thumbs up in Europe to market its first drug and received a new round of favorable clinical trial results.
Lilly diabetes drug wins backing from EU regulator
Indianapolis-based Lilly is expected to garner $518 million in annual sales from Jardiance by 2019, according to the average of five analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg.
Lilly diabetes drug rejected by FDA over manufacturing issue
The Lilly-Boehringer drug empagliflozin is projected to reach sales of $295 million for Lilly in 2019, but it won’t be able to sell it until issues are resolved at a German plant.
Indiana one of many states aiming to limit tanning
Lawmakers' efforts to crack down on the use of Indiana tanning beds this year are part of a national push to limit young people's exposure to risks that include skin cancer.
Lilly diabetes drug matches competitors’ effectiveness
The Indianapolis drugmaker said dulaglutide performed as well as Victoza, a best-selling drug for Type 2 diabetics made by Denmark-based Novo Nordisk. Analysts think dulaglutide could reach annual sales of $1.5 billion.
U.S. venture gathers drugmakers to take on major diseases
Eli Lilly and Co., Pfizer Inc. and eight other large drugmakers will partner with the U.S. government in a $230 million effort to identify new approaches to treat Alzheimer’s, diabetes, lupus and arthritis.
Three groups puzzled by woman’s $7 million bequest
The organizations which include Indianapolis-based Hoosier Oncology Group have no idea why an Evansville teacher chose them as beneficiaries.
Pfizer, Teva reach deal to allow generic Viagra
Fifteen years after Pfizer Inc.’s Viagra changed the sexual equation for older men, the blockbuster impotence drug is set to become available in a less expensive generic form as early as 2017.
Lilly foe still testing Alzheimer’s theory where others failed
Since 1998, there have been more than 100 attempts to develop an Alzheimer’s treatment, and all have failed. Such a product may generate as much as $5 billion annually for Merck, according to analysts
Lilly to spend another $700M in growing market for diabetes products
The move includes a $45 million investment for Lilly's operations in Indianapolis, on top of $400 million in investments the company announced over the past two years.
Lilly, other drugmakers itching to find new psoriasis treatment
Psoriasis is linked to higher rates of heart disease and diabetes, and a third of patients also develop a form of arthritis. About 125 million people worldwide have the skin condition, including 7.5 million Americans.