Blood tests for Alzheimer’s might be coming to your doctor’s office.
Researchers reported Sunday that new blood tests were 91% accurate in detecting Alzheimer’s disease, far more accurate than a diagnosis from primary care doctors and specialists.
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Community Health sees 44% drop in first-half operating income
Despite the decrease, Community Health Network saw an increase in admissions, emergency visits, deliveries and physician outpatient visits during the first six months of 2024.
How Lilly wooed Massachusetts biotech with flurry of offers
It was a mating dance that lasted more than three years. At the end, Eli Lilly and Co. wound up buying a Massachusetts-based biotech developing treatments for inflammatory bowel disease for $3.2 billion.
Hims & Hers adds longtime Novo executive to board amid weight-loss bet
Shortages of brand-name drugs made by Novo and Eli Lilly and Co. have allowed pharmacies to make what are essentially copies, and telehealth companies like Hims are selling them to patients at a steep discount.
Lilly shares slide 7% after Roche announces obesity pill test results
The Roche drug is a once-daily pill, compared to Lilly’s tirzepatide, sold under the brand names Mounjaro (for diabetes) and Zepbound (for obesity), which is a once-weekly shot.
Elevance Health stock falls as medical costs show signs of rising
The Indianapolis-based health insurance giant posted solid second-quarter results, but emerging pressure in Medicaid appeared to spook investors.
INCOG BioPharma investing additional $125M on Fishers campus
The expansion plan includes construction of a 100,000-square-foot building on its corporate campus and the addition of 100 jobs.
IU Health plans $421M hospital, 500 jobs in Fort Wayne
The state’s largest health care provider said the five-story hospital will include 140 beds, 17 emergency department exam rooms, and six operating rooms.
Marian University receives $29M gift for medical school
The donation, the largest individual gift in Marian’s history, came from Julie Wood—on behalf of the Tom & Julie Wood Family Foundation.
Labor Department wants Indy health care owner held in contempt on overtime issues
The Labor Department filed a complaint this week in U.S. District Court against the owner of eight Indianapolis-area health care services companies, saying an estimated 700 employees might have been shortchanged by his practices.
Stevanato commits to paying Fishers employees a living wage
Stevanato, an Italian-based life sciences company that makes glass vials and syringes for pharmaceuticals, has committed to paying employees at its new Fishers facility no less than $70,000 annually.
Chemo drug cisplatin increases risk of long-term hearing loss, IU researchers find
The study followed a group of testicular cancer survivors for an average of 14 years, revealing that 78% experience significant difficulties in everyday listening situations.
Bloomberg Philanthropies gifting $1B to med school, others at Johns Hopkins
There have been only a handful of previous $1 billion donations to universities in the U.S., most coming in the past several years.
COVID summer uptick is underway as FLiRT, LB.1 variants ascend
If you’re hearing about more people testing positive or getting sick, it’s no surprise, as data shows another wave forming.
Marion County agencies share drug data for new report, find 134 suspected overdose deaths in 1Q
The number of deaths in Marion County due to suspected overdoses dropped 28% in the first quarter of 2024, according to a new report that seeks to give health officials a sharper perspective of the use of substances that lead to fatalities.
Federal ruling against Healthy Indiana Plan potentially jeopardizes program
Former Gov. Mitch Daniels first introduced the consumer-driven, cost-sharing approach in 2007 when the state expanded Medicaid to moderate-income workers. Gov. Mike Pence developed the program even further.
Medicare cutting prices of 64 drugs that outpaced inflation
Some of America’s seniors will see their out of pocket costs fall for more than five dozen drugs—including treatments for osteoporosis and cancer—as part of the White House’s crackdown on rising pharmaceutical prices.
Premiums return for Indiana’s HIP, CHIP Medicaid enrollees
For the first time in years, certain Indiana Medicaid beneficiaries will start paying premiums again—a concern for advocates who say that enrollees are unprepared and point to federal concerns about the rule’s effectiveness.
IBJ Podcast: Why does the hospital count in Hamilton County keep growing while other counties lose care?
Not counting the $335 million complex announced earlier this month, the county already is home to 11 acute-care and specialty hospitals with a total of nearly 800 beds—while many Indiana counties have no hospitals, or a single facility with less than 50 beds.
Weight-loss-drug frenzy lures rich Indians to brave the gray market
The race to score blockbuster weight-loss drugs like Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro and Zepbound is pushing one of the world’s largest population of people with obesity to creative lengths.