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Lilly plans $72M upgrade for Indianapolis insulin operation
The Indianapolis drugmaker said it will use the money to replace an existing line that fills vials for Humalog and Humulin and to prepare for new insulin products.
The Indianapolis drugmaker said it will use the money to replace an existing line that fills vials for Humalog and Humulin and to prepare for new insulin products.
The Carmel-based company makes a device that uses sound waves to help position and monitor breathing tubes for newborns in hospitals.
Before joining Eli Lilly and Co., Alex Azar served as the general counsel and deputy secretary of Health and Human Services Administration under President George Bush.
California has passed a law requiring pharmaceutical companies to explain their price increases, escalating the state-by-state battle between lawmakers trying to bring more transparency to the industry’s practices and drugmakers that oppose the efforts.
Thirty-four new drugs—treating everything from cancer to rare genetic diseases—have been approved so far this year. That’s on pace to nearly double last year’s approvals.
After struggling for more than 20 years to develop cancer drugs without success, West Lafayette-based Endocyte Inc. is pausing it own R&D efforts to concentrate on a potential blockbuster drug from a German chemical company.
The appointments mark the latest changes in the Indianapolis-based drugmaker’s executive suite since David Ricks took over as CEO in January.
U.S. regulators have approved a new medicine for treating a common type of breast cancer after it has spread to other parts of the body.
Unfortunately, what started as a solution for pain turned into a crisis that is killing people.
The National Business Group on Health is projecting the total cost of providing medical and pharmacy benefits to increase 5 percent for the fifth consecutive year in 2018.
li Lilly and Co.’s experimental breast cancer drug abemaciclib, when combined with standard therapy, slowed the progression of tumors in patients with an advanced form of the disease.
The upcoming closure of Kindred Hospital Indianapolis South in Greenwood will take place in November, the hospital’s owner said Friday in a notice to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Co. said the 3,500 jobs represent 8.3 percent of its global workforce. Lilly hopes the cuts will save it $500 million a year.
Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk says it has reached a settlement over allegations that it hadn’t properly communicated safety information when marketing a medicine to treat type 2 diabetes.
The Indianapolis drugmaker said it will not be required to conduct another expensive, time-consuming clinical trial for the potential blockbuster.
The St. Vincent Center combines team training facilities—including regulation-sized courts, cushy recovery amenites and an underwater treadmill—with health care services for the public.
Anthem's departure—along with Aetna and UnitedHealthcare—means only one insurer will offer individual plans in more than half of Virginia's counties and independent cities next year.
President Donald Trump criticized drug prices immediately after Merck & Co.’s CEO quit the president’s council of manufacturing executives Monday, to take a “stand against intolerance and extremism.”
Global pharmaceutical companies including Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. are heading into smaller cities and rural areas to learn about the health care needs of about 70 percent of India’s population.
The deal is Eli Lilly and Co.’s latest push into a growing disease area for such disorders as arthritis, lupus and multiple sclerosis.