The health reform debate may have ended in Congress, but Eli Lilly and Co. remains active, sponsoring a talk about the positives of the
bill—and calling for further government efforts to help pharmaceutical research and development.
Sealed-bid auction attracts a half-dozen bids from interested owners that are “more centrally located than you might think,”
said the listing agent.
An administration official said Tuesday that seven states, including Indiana, suing the federal government are among 16 already
approved for subsidies to help with the health care costs of early retirees.
The most common error in the 2009 report was a foreign object such as a sponge left in a patient after surgery.
The 25,000-square-foot mansion once owned by Conseco Inc. founder Stephen Hilbert was listed five years
ago at $20 million—and
about half that in recent months. Now the property is being sold in a sealed-bid auction, and offers are due Friday.
Health insurers led by WellPoint Inc. are backing Republicans with campaign donations by an 8-to-1 margin, favoring the party
that’s promised to repeal President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul if it wins back Congress.
Strattera generated U.S. sales of $445.6 million last year, and each day that Lilly can fend off generic competition would
translate into an average $1.22 million in sales.
The company is seeing a rush of new sales for its Web-based electronic medical record system from doctors, who all stand to
receive bonus payments from the federal stimulus act for computerizing their patient records.
McGowan Insurance was founded in 1930 by William McGowan, who led it until his death in 1977.
Venture capitalists in Indiana and nationally have thrown money at the company with abandon. Local investors include CID Capital,
Clarian Health Ventures and the Indiana Future Fund.
The California Department of Insurance said Wednesday it approved a rate increase averaging about 14 percent for Anthem Blue
Cross customers. The department also OK’d a nearly 19-percent increase for Blue Shield of California.
Family and Social Services Administration Secretary Anne Murphy and acting Insurance Commissioner Stephen Robertson have sent
Gov. Mitch Daniels a letter that now estimates the overhaul will cost Indiana $235 million more than the previous estimate
in May.
Diabetics who control their disease with pills instead of frequent insulin injections can thank Dr. William R. Kirtley, a
groundbreaking Eli Lilly researcher.
Bankrolled by yet another multimillionaire, the historic preservation group is preparing to move into a new headquarters
in Old Centrum, a former church now undergoing a big renovation.
The Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Indiana Health Information Exchange are going to work to make
their medical record systems talk to each other in a pilot project spearheaded by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Even with debt levels at Eli Lilly and Co. at paltry lows, a string of bad news finally forced Standard & Poor’s
to lower
its rating on the company’s senior unsecured debt. But the New York-based agency said it believes the Indianapolis-based
drugmaker will eventually break its string of bad luck on developing new products.
Ben Bernanke may be worried about deflation in the economy, but there’s certainly no chance of it in health care and
insurance. Employers’ health plan premiums surged another 8 percent this year, according to results from a massive survey
by Indianapolis-based United Benefit Advisors.
The state will use the money to review proposed premium increases. It also will look at best practices in other states to
identify areas where it can strengthen health insurance laws and rules.
Outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted 8-6 Thursday in favor of a broader use of Cymbalta on the basis
of studies in lower back pain and osteoarthritis of the knee.
The invalidation of Lilly’s Strattera patent opened the door for as many as 10 companies to sell generic versions of the drug,
which generated U.S. sales of $445.6 million last year as a treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
