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Health care businesses at risk in House proposal

The health care overhaul bill produced by House Democrats would impose an array of new taxes, fees and government mandates
on major players in the health industry, including drug companies and big medical-device makers headquartered in Indiana.

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TechPoint to focus on IT firms specializing in medical, life sciences sectors

Long tracking the emergence of information technology firms involved in the health and life sciences sector, the state’s
IT trade group, TechPoint, is undergoing a mitosis of sorts to help fuel the trend. It has created Advancing
Life Science & Health Care Information Technology, or ALHIT, which will focus on growing this subset of the IT realm.

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Eli Lilly CEO banking on new drug pipeline

CEO John Lechleiter says Lilly’s pipeline has helped it rebound from significant patent losses three times during his 30-year
career at the company. He’s betting there will be a fourth.

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Lilly reports $942 million profit in third quarter

Excluding special items, Eli Lilly and Co.’s earnings per share spike 22 percent on the strength of Alimta, Cymbalta and Humalog
sales. Lilly’s revenue rose 7 percent in the quarter over the same period of 2008,
to $5.56 billion.

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Medco plans to compare Plavix, Effient in study

Medco Health Solutions Inc. said Tuesday it will compare the blood thinner Plavix, the world’s second-best selling drug, with
Effient, a potential blockbuster drug sold by Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co.

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Baucus health reform bill would stick Indiana companies with fees

The health reform bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., would help pay for expanded health insurance coverage
by levying fees of $13 billion a year on the health care industry. The fees would deliver a hefty bill to just
about all of Indiana’s major health care companies. But how they’re reacting to the fees is all over the map.

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Lilly agrees to settle more state Zyprexa suits

Eli Lilly and Co. has agreed to confidential terms to settle lawsuits brought by seven states alleging the company illegally
marketed bestselling antipsychotic drug Zyprexa, Bloomberg News reported today.

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