Coal mine woes may mean environmental bills for taxpayers
As more coal companies file for bankruptcy, it's increasingly likely that taxpayers will be stuck with the very high costs of preventing abandoned mines from becoming environmental disasters.
As more coal companies file for bankruptcy, it's increasingly likely that taxpayers will be stuck with the very high costs of preventing abandoned mines from becoming environmental disasters.
IBJ gathered leaders in the life sciences industry for a Power Breakfast panel discussion April 21. Panel members included Colleen Hittle, managing director of Navigant; Suresh Garimella, Purdue University’s executive vice president of research and partnerships; Brian Barker, general manager of U.S. Seeds for Dow AgroSciences; Kristin Sherman, former chief financial officer of Calibrium LLC; and David Johnson, CEO of BioCrossroads.
PTS Diagnostics, with about 150 employees in Indianapolis, said Monday it has entered a definitive agreement to be acquired by China-based Sinocare Inc.
This is an industry worth protecting, whether for economic reasons or for the benefits to patients worldwide.
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Proprietary manufacturing jobs—such as those in the aerospace, automotive and life sciences sectors—are likely to even grow as employers seek talent and quality control. But lower-skilled basic production work is on its way out to international markets like China, India and Mexico, where wages are a fraction as expensive.
Several central Indiana groups already have received millions of dollars from Skill UP to give students and workers the training they need to fill jobs that are in high demand.
Hundreds of Indiana miners have lost their jobs in recent months as national demand shrinks due to cheaper natural gas and tougher environmental policies.
Allos, which invests in early-stage companies mostly in the tech sector, has ditched its traditional suburban office for room in the popular Hamilton County co-working space.
The Indiana Biosciences Research Institute's focus on diabetes and metabolic diseases dovetails with one of the IU School of Medicine’s scientific research priorities.
New data released by BioCrossroads shows life sciences companies in Indiana had $9.9 billion in export activity in 2016. That’s enough to rank Indiana second-highest in the United States. The data, compiled by the Indiana Business Research Center at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, also found that life sciences exports make up 29 […]
The Indiana Biosciences Research Institute, set up just three years ago, announced Wednesday morning that it has been awarded grants of $80 million from the Lilly Endowment and $20 million from the Eli Lilly and Co. Foundation.
The FDA approved 98 percent of all applications for high-risk medical devices last year. That was the highest rate in at least 15 years.
Indiana pharmacists could get the legal right to refuse to sell a common cold medicine used to make methamphetamine to suspicious customers under a bill a Senate committee approved Tuesday.
London-based film company Wavelength Pictures is producing a feature-length documentary about renowned architect Kevin Roche, who designed The Pyramids office complex in Indianapolis and numerous buildings in Columbus.
The companies will work on coupling therapies from Lilly with technology from Halozyme Therapeutics that helps the body disperse and spread medicine.
Ginovus, a site selection consulting firm, will lease space in the Nickel Plate District for the next 10 years.
Dow and DuPont plan to divide the combined company into three publicly traded businesses, one of which would focus on agricultural products including herbicides and genetically modified seeds—the core business of Dow's Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences unit. DuPont also has a large ag unit.
The transaction would combine two of the most storied names in U.S. industry and create the world’s second-biggest chemical company. What it means for Indianapolis-based Dow Agro is uncertain.