Lilly wins EU backing for version of insulin drug
Lantus, which garnered $7.8 billion in sales for Paris-based Sanofi in 2013, loses patent protection in Europe in May next year.
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Reimbursement snag trips up local DNA testing firm
Strand Diagnostics LLC’s Know Error test uses DNA analysis to make sure a tissue sample that has been declared cancerous does, indeed, belong to the patient doctors think it does. But Strand is having trouble convincing Medicare that the test is medically necessary.
Employers scramble to deal with same-sex marriage
Nine out of 10 Hoosier employers do not offer benefits to same-sex partners, meaning many might need to change their policies after a federal judge on Wednesday declared same-sex marriage legal in Indiana.
Pence names social services chief after sudden exit
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence picked a new secretary Wednesday to run the Family and Social Services Administration and created a position overseeing his proposed alternative to traditional Medicaid.
VA: 65 percent of senior executives got bonuses
About 65 percent of senior executives at the Veterans Affairs Department got performance bonuses last year despite widespread treatment delays and preventable deaths at VA hospitals and clinics, the agency said.
Budget leaders examine Healthy Indiana financing
Members of the State Budget Committee took a detailed look Friday at how Gov. Mike Pence would pay for "Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0," his proposal to expand insurance coverage using a state-run plan instead of traditional Medicaid.
IU Health to merge 2 downtown hospitals
Indiana University Health wants to merge two of its big downtown hospitals—University and Methodist—into one location, meaning either one or both would close or be converted to another use.
Poll: Many struggle to pay health premiums under Obamacare
Most people who signed up under President Barack Obama's health care law rate their new insurance highly, but a substantial number are struggling with the cost, according to a poll released Thursday.
FDA prepping long-awaited plan to reduce salt
Food companies and restaurants could soon face government pressure to make their foods less salty for health reasons.
Town waives fees to accelerate $17.6M senior-living project
Fishers will forgive as much as $300,000 in development fees to get a $17.6 million expansion project started by Aug. 1.
Insurance changes put state’s autism industry on edge
Indiana’s autism therapists say their prospects are cloudy after the state’s largest health insurer, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, cut payments 40 percent and took a harder line on paying for therapy for school-age children.
Legal snags kill Community-Eskenazi hospital merger
Community Health Network and Eskenazi Health quietly called off their engagement months ago, when they found out federal laws effectively prohibited their marriage. Now they’re trying to figure out how to just be friends.
Researchers delve into brain function
Early results of studies show exercise, training help keep mind active later in life.
Remodelings might await boomers wanting to stay in their homes
Many homes will be difficult for aging boomers to navigate without changing doors, bathrooms, hallways and kitchens.
Former Riley Hospital CEO Pescovitz to join Eli Lilly
Dr. Ora Pescovitz is returning to Indianapolis after spending the past five years as CEO of the University of Michigan Health System.
Westfield schools sign Riverview as health provider, stadium sponsor
Westfield Washington Schools has landed a 10-year, $1.2 million sponsor for the 5,000-seat football stadium it’s building at Westfield High School.
Audit: Nearly 275 in Indiana await first VA visit
Auditors found that the agency’s complicated appointment process created confusion among schedulers and supervisors, and that a 14-day goal for seeing first-time patients was unattainable.
Doctors want to improve state drug-tracking system
A study has found that most doctors in Indiana aren't frequently using an electronic system designed to detect prescription drug abuse.
Lilly consolidated into testosterone drug lawsuit
The decision to collect cases before one court comes after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it will re-examine the safety of testosterone-replacement drugs after studies showed the medicine posed an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
Providers increasingly joining health insurance game
When the next enrollment season opens for the Obamacare exchange in Indiana, more than half the “health insurers” will actually be doctors and hospitals.