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Lilly’s Jardiance pill could get boost to blockbuster status with latest findings
Lilly and partner Boehringer Ingelheim published results from a trial showing the drug cut the risk of cardiovascular hospitalizations or death by 25%, compared to placebo in heart failure patients.
Indiana shakes up COVID-19 data by including antigen testing
Starting Monday, the state began including positive results from antigen tests along with its traditional PCR tests. That single move reduced the state’s testing-positivity rate—but some officials say the accuracy of antigen testing is still widely unknown.
Record profits for Anthem, other health insurers, raise hackles
Many health insurers are reporting second-quarter earnings double what they were a year ago, as Americans are putting off expensive surgeries and even routine office visits during the pandemic.
Health products startup says its topical treatment can thwart coronavirus
Advanced Penetration Technology LLC said London-based research laboratory Virology Research Services evaluated the anti-viral impact of the product and concluded it is a “highly effective formulation” against the coronavirus.
State launches dashboard for COVID-19 cases in long-term-care facilities
Dashboard users will be able to search specific long-term care facilities to see reported cases and deaths.
Indiana hospitals starting to fill ICU beds again
The availability of ICU beds has fallen in recent weeks as hospitals have deactivated hundreds of beds while the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations has climbed.
Elanco’s big job: Making the Bayer deal work
Now that the company has closed its $6.9 billion acquisition of the German conglomerate’s animal-health division, it must now swiftly and carefully integrate the two sprawling companies in the midst of a pandemic.
IU Health to add eight blocks to downtown campus, build new $1.6B hospital
The expansion will add 44 acres to the campus., extending it from 16th Street south to 12th Street and from Capitol Avenue west to I-65.
Pandemic puts small hospitals in peril over Medicare advance payments
Indiana’s weakest and often smallest hospitals, usually with just a few dozen beds, might be only months from beginning the process of shutting their doors, industry leaders say.
Indiana’s largest nursing home operator has seen at least 374 COVID-19 deaths
Almost a quarter of the nursing home deaths from COVID-19 in Indiana have occurred at facilities operated by Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County. The facilities are managed by Indianapolis-based American Senior Communities.
Hoosiers feeling anxious, depressed over COVID-19 pandemic
In direct response to the high levels of stress and anxiety due to the pandemic, Indiana officials on Monday launched a crisis hotline, which will allow Hoosiers to speak confidentially with a trained counselor at any hour free of charge.
Public health veteran Dr. Virginia Caine both upbeat and frustrated
IBJ talked with Caine about her pandemic frustrations, how testing and contact-tracing are going and whether the Indianapolis 500 should run with fans in the stands.
New disease? No problem. Regenstrief has new codes to help sort through COVID-19
The codes are critical to help track the virus by allowing health systems and public health officials around the world seamlessly exchange information.
Wealthy hospitals get billions in federal bailout funds
Some are asking whether coronavirus aid funds are flowing to the neediest hospitals, or to those that already have deep financial resources, as the money is doled out to thousands of institutions nationwide.
Indiana sees number of COVID-19 cases climb, reversing weeks of downward trend
The increase is hitting more young people. People under 30 now account for 22% of all who have tested positive for COVID-19 in Indiana, up from 15% just a few weeks ago.
Indiana-based pharmacy business building $2.7M center in Plainfield
In Touch Pharmaceuticals serves long-term-care facilities in Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. It credits its system for helping clients reduce medication errors, cut waste and reduce costs.
After years of turmoil, biotech testing firm aims to grow again
West Lafayette-based Bioanalytical Systems’ latest executive departure comes amid recent signs of stability, turnaround and growth for a company that just three years ago was on the verge of sinking.
Indiana 100: Exec’s mission is to ‘transform information into knowledge’
Aarti Shah oversees Lilly’s global information technology, information security, advanced analytics and data sciences, and digital health.
Indiana’s No. 6 rank in pharmaceutical jobs could provide boost during recovery
The Hoosier state has 17,093 industry jobs spread out among 69 companies, from Indianapolis-based drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co. to startups scattered around the state, but mostly in clusters near research universities.