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Carmel medical office owner files for bankruptcy
The office building, known as Multi-Specialty Surgery Center, has been on the market, but two purchase offers were withdrawn and the bank foreclosed on the mortgage.
IU Health hires another 13 neurosurgeons from Goodman Campbell
IU Health has been pushing in recent months to build its in-house team of neurosurgeons and will end its relationship in December with Goodman Campbell, which has provided a big part of neurosurgery services at hospitals and the medical school for the past nine years.
Lilly’s promising drug for breast cancer runs into problems in Japan
The Indianapolis-based drugmaker has updated the label on Verzenio with a new warning after Japanese health officials said the drug is suspected of adversely affecting patients’ lungs.
Rehab hospital slated for Carmel, but operator has been closing other locations
One of the project’s partners, Post Acute Medical LLC of Pennsylvania, has been shutting down hospitals in Texas and Wisconsin in recent months.
OurHealth continues growth surge, opens more clinics in Cincinnati
The Indianapolis-based company also announced a deal to cover nearly 4,000 government workers and dependents in Hamilton County, Ohio.
LifeOmic’s fasting app hits 325,000 downloads in less than a year
LifeOmic founder Don Brown said he developed the app as an experiment to help people who are trying to improve their health through intermittent fasting. But the app has taken off faster than anyone expected.
IU Health, neurosurgical group still at loggerheads
The two sides seem to be digging in as a deadline approaches for them to figure out a way to work together after the end of this year.
Lawsuit challenges Indiana ban on getting eye exams, glasses online
Nearly 40 states allow patients to get their eyes tested and glasses prescribed online, but Indiana’s 2016 telemedicine law bans such practice here.
Butler pharmacists develop tool to guide insurers on drug formularies
Seeking to reduce delays and endless paperwork, Butler’s College of Pharmacy developed a database to help the Indiana Department of Insurance make sure insurers are covering the right drugs.
Lilly opens the checkbook for another big biotech deal
The Indianapolis-based drugmaker could spend more than a half-billion dollars under a licensing deal with ImmuNext of New Hampshire to identify and commercialize a new antibody for immune diseases.
Under growing pressure, Lilly reveals insulin price data for first time
The Indianapolis-based drugmaker said it price for the popular insulin Humalog—after discounts and rebates—fell 8 percent over the past five years, even as list prices skyrocketed.
Indiana to get 162 medical residents from state’s two med schools
Nearly 500 fourth-year medical students from Indiana University School of Medicine and Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine got “matched” Friday with a residency program, and many of them will stay in Indiana to complete the next phase of training.
IU Health Physicians ramps up recruiting drive for specialists
The state’s largest physician group want to address a growing shortage of specialists by relaxing a longtime requirement that doctors join the medical school faculty.
Purdue startup’s goal: heal broken bones faster
Novosteo Inc., run by father-and-son team Philip and Stewart Low, is developing drugs to speed up the process of healing broken bones. The company won $1.7 million in federal grants and a first-place award from the Orthopaedic Research Society.
Lilly shareholders to vote on ‘near-drowning test’ in animals, other proposals in May
The Indianapolis-based drugmaker is facing calls by a national animal-rights group to end the “forced swim test” in small animals. Two months ago, drugmaker AbbVie said it would drop the test.
Time’s running out on bill to restore ‘certificate of need’ process for hospitals
A push to curb hospital construction in Indiana by bringing back the review process appears doomed for this legislative session, but the issue of rising health care costs could be headed to a summer study committee.
Lawmakers to examine health, environmental issues of huge livestock farms
A hearing on the bill will look into whether the Indiana Department of Environmental Management has enough power to regulate massive farms where animals are confined. Health and environmental experts say the state needs more regulatory power.
In long and twisting journey for anti-inflammatory drug, Lilly touts upbeat results
The Indianapolis drugmaker said the drug, baricitinib, proved effective in treating adults with a severe form of eczema. It’s the latest turn for a drug that has had repeated setbacks.