The proposed merger of Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co. would create the world’s largest agricultural-products company. But that’s bad news for farmers, according to some farm groups and antitrust experts.
The FDA said Wednesday it approved Basaglar based on data showing it is safe and effective and works similarly to Lantus, the world’s top-selling insulin.
The American Lung Association, American Heart Association and Tobacco Free Indiana all issued statements Wednesday applauding the possibility and calling for an increase of at least $1 per pack of cigarettes.
The Pence administration’s decision to spend $120 million on a new psychiatric hospital represents a stark shift from the state’s approach to mental health of the past 30 years.
As the Affordable Care Act enters its third year with enrollment well behind schedule, procrastinators are critical to its economic viability.
A new study says women who took a common class of antidepressants during the second and third trimesters were more than twice as likely than other women to have children who later developed autism.
Two Indiana lawmakers have unveiled a proposal that they say will curb illegal sales of a common cold medicine used to make methamphetamine but would not penalize sick people by requiring prescriptions for the drug.
State government has long wanted to shift spending on long-term care from nursing homes to home- and community-based care. Now Gov. Mike Pence’s administration is working with nursing homes to make that happen.
The Dow Chemical-DuPont merger throws into doubt what will happen to the 1,500 people who work at Dow AgroSciences’ Indianapolis headquarters, especially since executives plan $1.3 billion in savings from combining ag units.
Fishers-based Recovery Force LLC, which develops high-tech compression wearables for medical patients, athletes and military members, is working toward FDA approval.
Dow and DuPont plan to divide the combined company into three publicly traded businesses, one of which would focus on agricultural products including herbicides and genetically modified seeds—the core business of Dow's Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences unit. DuPont also has a large ag unit.
Jim Burkhart, who was fired this fall after the FBI raided his home and American Senior Communities' offices, holds agreements under which he could acquire 63 nursing homes managed by his former employer.
Even though some Indianapolis-area employers are dropping their group health plans, others are adding them. Overall, more workers are being offered health insurance by their employers under Obamacare than before the law took effect.
Until impending patent expirations spurred the company to forgo a dividend increase in 2010, the company had announced dividend increases for 42 consecutive years.
Anthem Inc.'s board has named CEO Joseph R. Swedish as chairman, consolidating leadership roles that were once an impediment to its planned $48 billion combination with rival health insurer Cigna Corp.
Prosecutors urged Indiana legislators Wednesday to ban over-the-counter sales of a common cold medicine used to make methamphetamine and to stiffen sentences for convicted drug dealers.
Eli Lilly and Co. is in the process of separating the manufacturing of its animal health drugs from the facilities used to make its traditional pharmaceuticals, a move that potentially could make it easier to spin off the division one day.
The majority of Indiana companies that responded to a survey say their businesses are being affected by workplace abuse or misuse of prescription medication.
Anthem touts program saving $9.51 per patient per month—but passes on less than half the savings to hospitals and doctors.
Eli Lilly said Friday that it decided to stop developing the insulin peglispro after learning that it would take more time and cost more than expected to understand a significant side effect.
