Riley Hospital expands ER to handle more mainstream patients
Riley is spending millions of dollars and beefing up its emergency staff to expand into traditional emergency services.
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GOP factions will need to unite to replace health care law
Republicans are united on repealing President Barack Obama's health care law, but ideologically and practically speaking, they're in different camps over replacing it.
After health scare, Carolene Mays-Medley returns to trenches
The executive director at White River State Park is fighting her way back from a ruptured brain aneurysm, a condition that leaves many of its victims disabled, or worse.
2016 TOP STORIES: Feds charge nursing home executives with fraud
Federal prosecutors say two American Senior Communities executives and two other men orchestrated a scheme that used kickbacks and shell companies to defraud American Senior Communities and federal health care programs out of millions of dollars.
Lawsuit throws spotlight on chaos surrounding Anderson cardiology practice
The “toxic” office environment at a small St. Vincent Health office had broken out during an unprecedented wave of acquisitions of physician practices in central Indiana.
Lilly shares jump after it offers better-than-expected forecast
Eli Lilly and Co. shares rose sharply Thursday morning after the company presented a better-than-expected 2017 forecast nearly a month after it had announced the failure of a key Alzheimer’s treatment in testing.
Lilly trims profit guidance but says growth strategy on track
The company’s announcement reassured investors in the wake of last month’s news that the Alzheimer’s drug solanezumab had failed to demonstrate effectiveness during a large-scale clinical trial.
My body is the battleground between cancer and chemo
The point of chemo is to cure me. But these are not gentle chemicals. They sweep through my body like a tornado, with side effects that range from annoying to horrendous. But I have no choice.
Lilly to sell insulin at 40 percent discount to cash-paying patients
Eli Lilly and Co. will bypass insurance companies to offer a discount on its best-selling insulin products for patients who lack health coverage or have high deductibles that require them to pay the full cost of some medications.
Tech entrepreneur Don Brown donating $30M to IU School of Medicine
The gift is the largest to the IU School of Medicine by an alumnus. The medical school will use the money to establish the Brown Center for Immunotherapy to fight some of the world’s toughest diseases.
Light ’em if you got ’em—plenty of Hoosiers on Medicaid doing just that
A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is pushing states with high Medicaid smoking rates to do more to encourage enrollees to quit and live longer.
Lilly partners with AstraZeneca on another Alzheimer’s treatment
The Indianapolis-based company, which last month struck out in a late-stage clinical trial for a potential Alzheimer’s drug called solanezumab, announced Friday a collaboration with AstraZeneca to develop another possible treatment for the mind-robbing disease.
State official barred from taking job with senior-living company
An Indiana state official in charge of regulatory oversight of nursing homes and residential care facilities has been barred from taking a job at a private company that runs senior living communities over ethics concerns.
Pharma stocks slide after Trump’s vow to control drug costs
President-elect Donald Trump promised to drive down the cost of medicines, defying investors who saw a boon in his election last month and injecting himself again into a contentious economic debate.
Lilly threatens Sanofi’s dominance in insulin with knockoff drug
In a few days, a new type of knockoff medicine will upend a $10 billion diabetes-drug market and exacerbate a brutal price war between some of its biggest players.
After rough November, some good news for Lilly
The FDA says the Indianapolis-based drugmaker and its partner can make an important label claim on its new diabetes drug—a move analysts say could give sales a big boost.
Pharmaceutical firm plans $10.4M in new equipment, 60 jobs
The company has requested a tax break from Indianapolis officials on the project that would save it about $484,000 over eight years.
Lilly competitor to cap price increases as drug costs face more scrutiny
With drug companies under fire, the world’s largest insulin maker plans to limit price increases and introducing a model that ties the cost of medicines to the results they deliver.
Lilly to lay off hundreds after failure of Alzheimer’s drug
Eli Lilly and Co. plans to lay off hundreds of U.S. sales representatives in coming months, following the disappointing failure of an experimental drug for Alzheimer’s disease announced last week.
Anthem experts testify Cigna merger won’t hurt competition
Anthem Inc. fired back against U.S. claims that the health insurer’s planned $48 billion takeover of rival Cigna Corp. will undermine competition.