UK regulator approves Lilly’s new Alzheimer’s drug but government won’t pay for it
Britian’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence said more evidence was needed to prove Kisunla’s worth. Lilly says a year’s worth of treatment is $32,000.
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Elanco gets FDA approval for third new product this year
The product, called Credelio Quattro, is designed to protect against fleas, ticks, heartworms, roundworms, hookworms and three different species of tapeworms.
Blood specialists in demand as caseloads grow
In response, an Indianapolis medical practice is trying to train more early-career physicians in the field of hematology to reverse the trend of dwindling numbers of physicians entering the field.
Former IndyCar driver Sam Schmidt opens facility Tuesday to help people with paralysis
After a racing accident in 2000 left Schmidt a quadriplegic, he created a not-for-profit called Conquer Paralysis Now, which has invested $21.4 million to convert the former Five Seasons Sports Club into a state-of-the-art rehab center.
Insurer-provider contract impasses leave many patients without care
Indiana physicians are keeping an eye on the trend of large insurers dropping medical practices from their networks, which they call a classic case of David versus Goliath.
Q&A: IU Indy’s leader for new Institute for Human Health and Wellbeing got start studying mice and binge drinking
Stephen Boehm has spent decades studying addictions and binge drinking, and was longtime professor and chair of the Indiana University Indy psychology department.
Lilly to make $1.8B investment in two Ireland manufacturing facilities
The expansion projects will boost production of medicines for Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and obesity.
Marian University unveils $150M campaign for health sciences, plans to expand med school enrollment
The university plans to launch degree programs in occupational therapy, physical therapy and other rehabilitative health care services, and expand undergraduate and graduate nursing programs, with additional locations.
Proposed Medicare cuts put squeeze on doctors
Last month, the federal Medicare program proposed a 2.9% cut to physician pay for 2025. That marked the fifth straight year that regulators proposed cutting payments to doctors for thousands of services, from stitching a wound to replacing a knee.
Lilly inches toward rare $1 trillion market-value distinction
The spotlight is turning to Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. as the next possible member of the so-called “Trillion-Dollar Club,” based on the drugmaker’s climbing stock price and swelling demand for its treatments for diabetes, obesity and other diseases.
IU Health’s massive hospital project is on schedule, should ‘top out’ next spring
Work on Indiana University Health’s $4.3 billion downtown hospital campus, one of the most expensive construction projects in Indiana history, is set to be finished in late 2027.
NHRA great John Force moved to rehabilitation center
Brownsburg-based John Force Racing said the 16-time NHRA Funny Car champion is still suffering from cognitive and behavioral symptoms, but has been able to converse with family and staff.
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.
The Supreme Court rejects a nationwide opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma
The decision also could affect other major bankruptcies, including the $2.4 billion bankruptcy plan for the Boy Scouts of America that has been approved by a federal judge, lawyers said.
Hamilton County hospital surge comes amid closings elsewhere
Community Health Network’s announcement this month that it plans to open a $335 million campus near U.S. 31 and 196th Street in Westfield marks the latest entry into the crowded Hamilton County hospital market.
Marion County health care agencies plan east-side investments
This summer, the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County will break ground on a multiyear, $170 million facilities improvement plan—the largest investment in the agency’s structures in decades—beginning with a new public health lab.
Nuclear medicine booms in central Indiana
The roster of radiopharmaceuticals players in the Indianapolis area has surged in the past few years to include some of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, attracted by the potential for significant growth.
Fishers neighbors create medical record app
Primary Record allows families and other caregivers to organize and share medical information with one another and with doctors from their computer or phone.
Surgeons from across the U.S. come to Indiana Spine Group to learn the latest techniques
The Carmel medical group is gaining a reputation as a training and education center. It holds courses for high school and college students in anatomy as well as surgeons going out on their own after residencies and fellowships.
Ascension health care system retracts nationwide—but not in Indy
In the past five years, the nation’s largest Catholic health system has unloaded more than a dozen hospitals across the country, from New York to Alabama, as it restructures amid a growing tide of red ink.