Lilly tests second COVID antibody
The Indianapolis drugmaker also said it expects to begin dosing patients in a complementary clinical study in the U.S. in the coming days.
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Anthem sued for denying claims for electrical stimulation to treat pain
The Indianapolis-based insurer says the treatments are “investigational”—or still under clinical study—but a California woman claims the electrical stimulation is FDA-approved and supported by numerous studies.
Lilly’s hot-selling drug Taltz gets FDA approval for fifth use
Taltz rang up sales of $1.3 billion last year, an increase of 46%, making it Lilly’s fastest-growing drug. An estimated 137,000 patients have been treated with Taltz worldwide since its launch four years ago.
2020 Innovation Issue: Brothers share a knack for creating life sciences companies
Philip and Martin Low’s latest venture, Eradivir, was incorporated in February to develop a treatment that would fight the influenza virus, but COVID-19 prompted a tweak to the business plan.
2020 Innovation Issue: Pushing hard for a COVID-19 vaccine
Around the world, more than 80 vaccine projects are under development by pharmaceutical companies and university research laboratories.
2020 Innovation Issue: Regenstrief’s half century of health innovations
The not-for-profit and its health research are a testament to the idea that all innovation is related—even when the connection appears tenuous at first glance.
Cancer treatment firm plans to open Indianapolis plant, hire 113
The company is one of many across the globe in a mad rush to develop radioligand therapies for cancer treatment—a field that’s expected to see explosive growth.
Donor organization to recover transplant organs at its own facility
The Indiana Donor Network Organ and Tissue Recovery Center has re-tasked two operating rooms and an intensive care unit to recover major organs, such as the kidneys, heart and lungs.
State’s contractor faces big test as it ramps up contact tracing effort
Washington, D.C.-area-based Maximus is taking on a critical, massive assignment: helping health departments across Indiana contact people who have tested positive for COVID-19 to learn whom they might have exposed.
Q&A with Kelly Wierenga on social-distancing research
The IUPUI nursing professor is co-leading a study on health behaviors and health outcomes during the pandemic.
IU Health says Methodist Hospital overhaul still on track, even as other projects falter nationally
The design of the long-anticipated project was originally set to be unveiled by the end of 2018, but has been delayed several times—most recently this spring, as the pandemic began to sweep across the United States.
MATTHEW NEFF: Deft supply chain management helps determine who wins wars
Hotel Tango hand sanitizer can now be found in Navy shipbuilding yards in Wisconsin, shoe retailers around the country, shipping companies that handle packages as an integral part of their business, as well as military ships and bases around the world.
IU team pursuing breathtaking advancements in regenerative medicine
The emerging health care field seeks to develop methods for replacing or reinvigorating damaged human organs, cells and tissues.
Other medical conditions cause risk of COVID deaths to skyrocket
COVID-19 is not showing much mercy to seniors, or to people with high blood pressure, diabetes and other chronic conditions.
Contact tracing is state’s new weapon in COVID war
Across Indiana, local health departments have been scrambling to keep up with the job of tracking, one patient at a time, the spread of the virus that has already claimed the lives of more than 900 Hoosiers.
With ban lifted, Indiana hospitals gear up to resume elective procedures
Gov. Eric Holcomb lifted the ban effective Monday, with some caveats, such as making sure that hospitals keep enough personnel and personal protective equipment on hand for COVID-19 patients.
Probo Medical is straying from narrow focus to continue rapid growth
The Fishers-based company’s latest acquisition realizes its transition from a niche repair firm for ultrasound components to a multinational imaging-machine supplier.
Infectious disease specialist, on reopening economy: ‘Do things very slowly and gradually’
Dr. Cole Beeler knows people are itching to get back to business and resume their normal lives. But he warns employers and workers not to rush back to the old way of doing business, at least not all at once.
Purdue researchers working to roll out portable at-home testing devices for coronavirus
The two technologies are different, but the goal of both is to provide a result within 40 minutes. The researchers say they are working with manufacturers to develop the products, which they hope will retail for $5 or less.
Crisis tests Indiana’s public health wherewithal
For years, Indiana has struggled to get sufficient funds and equipment for its public health efforts. Now, it’s in the biggest health crisis in decades and is trying to make do with funding that ranks among the lowest in the nation.