Indiana lawmakers advance tighter cold meds limits
Consumers would face tighter limits on the quantities they could buy of cold and allergy pills often used to make methamphetamine under a proposal approved by Indiana lawmakers.
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HealthLease to snare $141.7M in senior properties
A central Indiana REIT that went public in 2012 has agreed to buy 13 senior housing and care facilities in three states, growing its asset value by 50 percent.
Health records operation looking to raise $20M
The Indiana Health Information Exchange Inc. hopes to raise roughly $20 million over three years to take its health information technology services to hospitals around the country.
Deal raises hopes for Healthy Indiana Plan expansion
Gov. Mike Pence’s strategy for expanding Medicaid in Indiana is to convince or cajole the Obama administration to let him use the Healthy Indiana Plan to do it. A recent deal in Arkansas seems to make it more likely that the Obama team will give Pence what he wants.
Bonuses drive up compensation for Lilly’s top brass
Eli Lilly and Co. granted larger bonuses to its top five executives early this year, which boosted their 2012 compensation anywhere from 3 percent to 8 percent.
Court may decide if drugmakers can pay to delay generics
Federal regulators are pressing the Supreme Court to stop big pharmaceutical corporations from paying generic drug competitors to delay releasing their cheaper versions of brand-name drugs. They argue these deals deny American consumers, usually for years, steep price declines.
Healthy Indiana Plan gets mixed reviews at hearing
Hospital officials praised Indiana's medical savings accounts but some consumer advocates panned them Wednesday during a public hearing as Gov. Mike Pence seeks federal approval to use the Healthy Indiana Plan to expand Medicaid in this state.
Strong sales of retirement plans boost OneAmerica
A big bet on employer-sponsored retirement plans is paying off for locally based OneAmerica Financial Partners, a company best known for its life insurance offerings.
Studies: Employers could save with Medicaid expansion
The debate over expanding Medicaid in Indiana so far has hinged on how much it will cost. But two recent studies suggest Hoosier employers should be focused on how much a Medicaid expansion will save them: perhaps as much as $400 million per year.
Geico service center to create up to 1,200 jobs in Carmel
The insurer will invest millions to lease, renovate and equip a 109,000-square-foot customer service center at 101 W. 103rd St. It plans to begin hiring immediately, and bring up to 1,200 new jobs by 2016.
Profits at center of biosimilars debate
House Bill 1315, which is scheduled for a Senate floor hearing on Monday, would require pharmacists to check with a patient’s physician before automatically substituting a generic version of a biotech drug for a brand-name version.
FDA probe of diabetes medications hurts drugmakers’ stock
Shares of several pharmaceutical companies that make diabetes medicines, including Eli Lilly, fell after U.S. regulators warned they are looking into potential risks of drugs in two classes of diabetes treatments.
Debate erupts on Indiana’s incomplete Medicaid waiver
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence defended his administration Thursday over criticism from Democratic lawmakers that they have imperiled Hoosiers' health care by failing to follow proper procedures on Medicaid.
Carmel insurer looks within to find new CEO
Indiana Farmers Mutual picks executive vice president and legal counsel to replace long-time leader Daniel Stone.
Panel advances tougher synthetic drugs bill
Indiana lawmakers are advancing a bill that would make it illegal to possess or deal "lookalike" synthetic drugs similar to those known as "bath salts" and other nicknames.
Feds delay decision on Indiana Medicaid plan
The federal government has delayed action on Indiana's proposal to expand Medicaid because the state hasn't received public comment on the proposals, but the issue could be resolved quickly with two hearings set for next week, a spokeswoman for Gov. Mike Pence said Wednesday.
Indiana crop insurance payouts for 2012 losses top $1B
Purdue University said Tuesday that Indiana farmers received payouts for 2012 corn, soybean and wheat losses that are nearly twice as much as the previous record of $522 million in 2008.
Medical device maker moving to Noblesville, adding jobs
Fishers-based Nexxt Spine LLC, a manufacturer of spinal implants, is consolidating operations and moving its headquarters and manufacturing facility to Noblesville.
Drugmakers, Interpol ramp up fight against fakes
More than two dozen of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, including Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co., have agreed to provide funding and other support to Interpol's battle against counterfeit prescription drugs.
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Mike Sherman, the chief financial officer at West Lafayette-based Endocyte Inc., talked about how the drug firm’s funding partnership with New Jersey-based Merck & Co. Inc. has helped accelerate development of the company’s pipeline, which is branching out into drugs to treat cancers of the lung, prostate and breast.