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Indiana’s toxicology department sees more cases but shorter turnarounds amid staff shakeups

June 9, 2026

Jack Forrest, Indiana Capital Chronicle

The Indiana State Department of Toxicology saw an all-time high number of cases submitted for blood analysis in 2025.

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UPDATE: Boston Scientific plans to build $138M facility, hire 300 in Plainfield

June 3, 2026

Jeff Newman

The facility will be responsible for global distribution of medical devices and will also accommodate light manufacturing.

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RayzeBio planning $150M in radiopharmaceutical facilities in Whitestown

June 1, 2026 | Elissa Maudlin

The company, which is owned by biopharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb Co., is working on an incentive package with Whitestown officials that includes tax abatements for construction and new equipment for two buildings.

Life sciences firm planning $16M relocation to Noblesville

May 27, 2026 | Elissa Maudlin

Bothell, Washington-based BioLife Solutions Inc. plans to move its manufacturing and research operations from Indianapolis to Hamilton County.

Leaders hope name for Indiana’s biosciences ecosystem will help state share its story

May 19, 2026 | Daniel Bradley

The name BioHeartland was created to give Indiana “a more cohesive and unified way to share the state’s story with investors, companies, researchers and talent around the world,” officials said.

Braun: $1B state investment in Indiana’s life sciences expected to create 100K jobs

March 17, 2026 | Marek Mazurek

Seeking to position Indiana as a global leader in agritechnology and life sciences, Gov. Mike Braun unveiled a lofty goal in a public announcement Tuesday morning.

Indiana life sciences giant Philip Low dies at 78

March 5, 2026 | Alex Brown, Inside INdiana Business

Low founded seven companies based on intellectual property developed at Purdue, including Endocyte Inc., which he sold to Novartis Inc. in 2018 for $2.1 billion.

CICP launches fund aimed at making Indiana a chemistry hub

March 5, 2026 | Daniel Bradley

The Catalyst Scholars Fund is supported by a $69.4 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to the CICP Foundation Inc. and matching commitments from participating universities.

IBJ Podcast: Here’s how BiomEdit raised $18.4M in a tough VC year

February 16, 2026

BiomEdit CEO Aaron Schacht talks about the strategy behind the round and the changes the animal health startup had to make to secure the money it needed to bring its first product to market,

Q&A: BiomEdit CEO goes behind the scenes of an $18.4M VC round

February 6, 2026 |

Lesley Weidenbener

The animal health startup had fundraising success in 2025, a year in which investment deals were hard to come by.

Lilly signs $1.12B deal with Germany-based firm to develop hearing loss treatments

January 28, 2026 | Daniel Bradley

The agreement with Seamless is the latest in a series of purchases and partnerships Lilly has established to build a pipeline of genetic medicines.

Lilly in talks to buy Ventyx Biosciences for more than $1B, WSJ reports

January 7, 2026 | Bloomberg News and IBJ Staff

Ventyx is a San Diego-based biotech that specializes in drugs for inflammatory diseases like Crohn’s and rheumatoid arthritis.

Eli Lilly set to back Aktis Oncology’s upsized $318M IPO

January 7, 2026 | Bloomberg News

Clinical-stage biotechnology company Aktis Oncology increased the size of its initial public offering by 50% and drew interest from Indianapolis-based Lilly for $100 million of shares in the listing.

Lilly, IU sign clinical trial, research agreement worth up to $40M

December 3, 2025 | Daniel Lee

Officials say the pact, facilitated by the Indianapolis-based IU Launch Accelerator for Biosciences, is the largest single industry-sponsored agreement in the school’s history.

Q&A with Cory Lewis, whose emphasis on collaboration has driven INCOG’s rapid growth

November 28, 2025 | Daniel Lee

Lewis sat down with IBJ to talk about his leadership style and the role of cycling in his life.

Lilly to open Gateway Labs site in Philadelphia

November 19, 2025 | Daniel Lee

Since the first biotech incubator site opened in 2019, participating startups have collectively raised more than $3 billion.

Heartland BioWorks inks biomanufacturing workforce training agreement

November 13, 2025 | Alex Brown, Inside INdiana Business

The Bloomington-based Applied Research Institute, which manages Heartland BioWorks, said the agreement will position Indiana as a “central nexus for biomanufacturing training and innovation.”

Lilly CEO calls on state to boost power supply as company seeks to build supercomputer

November 13, 2025 | Daniel Lee

David Ricks, speaking Thursday during a panel at the annual BioCrossroads Life Sciences Summit, also called for Purdue and Indiana universities to upgrade their lab facilities.

Purdue heads clinical trial for new canine cancer treatment

November 12, 2025 | Daniel Lee

Researchers say the new treatment holds the potential to treat some dogs diagnosed with cancer without turning to more expensive traditional procedures such as radiation, chemotherapy or surgery.

Heartland BioWorks headquarters planned for 16 Tech

October 27, 2025 | Alex Brown, Inside INdiana Business

Heartland BioWorks was designated as a federal technology hub by the U.S. Department of Commerce in October 2023 to support growth in biomanufacturing innovation and workforce development.

Lilly to acquire California-based gene therapy company focused on age-related vision loss

October 24, 2025 | Daniel Lee

The move continues the Indianapolis-based drugmaker’s investments in age-related diseases.

Pharmaceutical, life science industries drive trade surge between Indiana and Portugal

October 22, 2025 | Daniel Lee

Indiana’s growing partnership with Portugal includes imports like rubber, plastics and chemicals, the latter of which is driven largely by pharmaceuticals, according to a Portuguese trade representative.

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