State’s exit from GM site ownership signals new economic development approach
“The governor has been very clear: We’re just not in the land development business, and it’s not a core competency,” Commerce Secretary David Adams told IBJ.
“The governor has been very clear: We’re just not in the land development business, and it’s not a core competency,” Commerce Secretary David Adams told IBJ.
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun said the agreement “enables Elanco and its partners, including Purdue University, to accelerate the creation of an innovation district in downtown Indianapolis.”
Elanco Animal Health last week released what CEO Jeff Simmons called its best quarterly earnings since its 2018 spinoff from Eli Lilly and Co.
As the Greenfield-based animal health company prepares to move into its new neighborhood, it’s working with community partners to help ensure some of its new neighbors have adequate food access.
The company, which makes vaccines, antibiotics and other animal-health products, said it now expects full-year revenue of between $4.57 billion and $4.62 billion.
Greenfield-based Elanco Health on Monday announced the $295 million cash sale of future U.S. royalty and milestone rights for the human use of a medication typically used for dogs and cats.
The rise of pet insurance and pet-friendly workplaces comes amid wider societal changes with health benefits experts citing people waiting longer to have children and increasingly treating pets as part of the family.
Greenfield-based Elanco said the facility has played a vital role in producing a number of product lines for the firm, representing $160 million to $180 million in annual farm animal revenue.
The park will expand into 15 acres between the White River and Elanco Animal Health’s new headquarters and will include an event pavilion to be developed inside the remnants of a former crane bay that had been part of the original stamping plant.
“Water in Dripping, River,” a stainless steel sculpture by Chinese artist Zheng Lu, is an $846,000 project that will set a new standard for works financed through the Public Art for Neighborhoods ordinance.
The product, called Credelio Quattro, is designed to protect against fleas, ticks, heartworms, roundworms, hookworms and three different species of tapeworms.
Zenrelia is one of several drugs Elanco has in its pipeline that it predicts could reach blockbuster status, which in animal health means more than $100 million in annual sales.
Economic development leaders want the 45 acres to be developed as the OneHealth Innovation District—a partnership between Elanco Animal Health, Purdue University and the Indiana Economic Development Corp.
Pride Investment Partners, Hancock Health and energy cooperative NineStar Connect collaborated on the purchase of the 20.4-acre site through a joint venture called HealthStar Partners.
State and corporate leaders believe a tech park taking shape on the western edge of downtown could be a launchpad for health sciences innovation and commercialization as part of the state’s ambitious economic development portfolio.
The company had debt of $5.7 billion as of March 31 and has been under pressure from Wall Street to reduce it.
Elanco has called Bovaer a potential blockbuster, meaning it could ring up annual sales of at least $100 million.
Elanco also announced a commitment to purchase an additional 12 acres to the north of its planned headquarters for future expansion and the development of the Epicenter for Animal Health.
The Greenfield-based maker of animal vaccines, antibiotics and other health products said that as part of the agreement with Ancora Holding Inc., it will appoint two new independent directors supported by the investment firm to its board.
Ancora Holdings Inc. is pushing for a shakeup in leadership at he Greenfield-based animal health company, which it accuses of delivering poor margins, sluggish product commercialization, negative shareholder returns and poor governance policies.