Heartland Sweeteners LLC is now a top maker of private-label alternatives to Splenda. The company also
markets its own products directly to consumers.
German group invests in Carmel-based company that specializes in financial services for insurance agencies.
A co-founder of Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC is returning to the downtown law firm more than a decade after
he left it. Rex Killian will lead the firm’s governance consulting practice, which serves both not-for-profit
and for-profit health care clients.
The Indianapolis-based Indiana Health Information Exchange today began sharing electronic medical records with two similar
organizations across a multi-regional network, the group announced this morning.
A consumer group says health insurers UnitedHealth and WellPoint pressured their employees to contact members of Congress
and lobby against health care reform proposals that the companies disagreed with.
Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drug maker, will pay a record $2.3 billion civil and criminal penalty over unlawful prescription
drug promotions, the Justice Department announced today.
Conseco Inc. this morning said it is consolidating three of its insurers into one, a move that will have no impact on employment
but will save the company about $2.5 million annually.
The St. Francis hospital system has reached a tentative contract agreement with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Indiana,
ending a disagreement over insurance reimbursement costs, the parties said today.
Locally based venture capital firms Cardinal Equity Partners and Centerfield Capital Partners have joined with Chicago-based
bank Harris NA to recapitalize the state’s largest independent physical therapy provider.
Jerome Peribere shifted Dow AgroScience’s focus toward what he calls “revolutionary solutions."
WellPoint Inc., the nation’s largest health insurer based on membership, spent $1.2 million in the second quarter to lobby
the federal government on a variety of health care reform-related issues and other topics, according to a recent disclosure
report.
Drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co. spent nearly $3.6 million in the second quarter lobbying the federal government on health care
reform and trademark issues, among other topics, according to a recent disclosure form.
The price of Eli Lilly and Co.’s stock veered lower this morning after a Goldman Sachs analyst downgraded her rating from
neutral to sell.
WellPoint Inc.’s internal audit and chief compliance officer – and highest-ranking black executive – will leave the company
later this month, according to a companywide e-mail sent out yesterday.
Carmel-based Conseco Inc. faces a shareholder lawsuit by a union pension fund over an earnings restatement the company made
18 months ago.
Bloomington-based Cook Medical has won European approval for a new artery-opening device for the legs that it predicts will
be a blockbuster.
Arcadia Resources Inc. narrowed its losses in its most recent quarter as it started to accelerate sales in its highly-touted
DailyMed program, the company said today.
Community Health Network and the Metropolitan School District of Warren Township will open a new community health center inside
the Renaissance School, at 30th Street and Post Road in Indianapolis, the two organizations announced today.
Eli Lilly and Co. pulled the plug on yet another drug in its pipeline that was in the late stages of testing, further complicating
the company’s attempts to find revenue before losing patent protection on its bestseller.
Community Health Network has chosen Anthony Lennen as president of Community Hospital South and Dr. Robin Ledyard as president
of Community Hospital East, the health care system announced this morning.
