Indianapolis-based medical software developer acquired by California firm
Sunnyvale, California-based Gener8 LLC has acquired RND Group, a 25-year-old software development firm headquartered in Indianapolis, the companies announced.
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French biotech firm expanding to Brownsburg, planning $15M facility
Orano Med LLC says the facility will be used to manufacture and distribute radiopharmaceuticals to treat cancer at hospitals throughout the country.
Bob Coy, chief executive of 16 Tech, set to retire in 2022
Coy, who has been at the organization since 2017, overseeing the first phase of development at the 50-acre 16 Tech Innovation District, is stepping down after a long career in economic development.
Fishers-based gene therapy firm plans $40M expansion, 62 new jobs
Genezen said the 75,000-square-foot addition will triple its current footprint.
Fishers lands $125M life sciences manufacturing operation with plans for 210 jobs
Genome & Co. announced Thursday morning that it plans to establish a new 110,000-square-foot facility on 15 acres in the new Fishers Life Science & Innovation Park.
Logistics business to open distribution center with cold storage in Whitestown
Indianapolis-based Langham Logistics said the facility will be dedicated to pharmaceutical, vaccine and biologics manufacturing and distribution clients.
Lilly buys California diabetes biotech in deal potentially worth $1 billion
The Indianapolis-based drugmaker said the deal to buy Protomer Technologies could be worth up to $1 billion if the technology meets certain milestones. Lilly did not say how much it was paying up front in cash.
Australian biopharma firm planning to hire 20 at U.S. headquarters in Fishers
The radiopharmaceutical developer and manufacturer is the latest in a string of life sciences firms that have announced plans to grow operations in Fishers.
Zionsville device maker prepares to launch remote patient monitoring unit
The new gadget from VoCare Inc. is about the size of a smart phone and measures a person’s temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, blood glucose levels, blood oxygen saturation and heart rhythms.
Quantigen Biosciences plans Fishers expansion, 30 new jobs
Fishers-based Quantigen Biosciences is spending $2.5 million to redevelop 40,000 square feet of office space along Interstate 69 as its new specialty contract research laboratory.
Fishers to consider $27M in bonds for land acquisitions, life sciences park
Much of the money is earmarked to acquire a 75-acre property for a life sciences business park that will be anchored by Stevanato Group’s planned $145 million pharmaceutical manufacturing facility.
Italian manufacturer to build facility in Fishers, hire 230
Stevanato Group, a producer of syringes, vials and glass containers, announced Wednesday it will spend $145 million to build and equip a 370,000-square-foot facility in Fishers.
Genetically modified salmon from Indiana head to U.S. dinner plates
Several tons of salmon, engineered by biotech company AquaBounty Technologies Inc. and raised in Indiana, are heading to restaurants and dining services for the first time.
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences in the midst of a hiring spree as researchers demand vaccine tools
The company, with headquarters and a massive factory on the northwest side, has hired about 100 people in the past year, bringing its workforce to about 550. And it’s looking to hire another 100 people this year.
In a lockdown, Roche pushes ahead with new, different diagnostic tests
Matthew Sause took the helm of the 4,500-person Roche Diagnostics’ North American operations in Indianapolis in November 2019—just four months before the World Health Organization declared a pandemic and much of the planet went into lockdown.
IBJ Life Sciences Panel: The ‘virtual world has made us faster’
This is a partial transcript of IBJ’s annual Life Sciences Power Panel, which took place virtually on April 30 with four of Indy’s biosciences leaders: 16 Tech CEO Bob Coy, GenePace Laboratories founder Sanjay Malkani, Elanco Animal Health CEO Jeff Simmons and Indiana University School of Medicine geneticist Tatiana Foroud.
Indiana life science players have adapted to pandemic, panelists say
Speakers at the IBJ Life Sciences Power Panel on Friday said their organizations have largely weathered the lockdown—raising records funds, taking on huge expansions, hiring new employees and reporting higher productivity.
Local senior-living complex more than doubles assisted-living units in $5M expansion
The expansion will consist of 32 new one-bedroom apartments and five two-bedroom residences, bringing to 67 the number of assisted-living apartments at the complex.
Bill would require nursing homes to allow ‘compassionate care’ visits during pandemic
The legislation, Senate Bill 202, would allow designated family members to visit residents under end-of-life and other serious circumstances.
In midst of pandemic, drugmakers raise prices on hundreds of prescription drugs
So far this month, drugmakers have hiked prices on 636 drugs, according to research by GoodRx, which tracks prescription drug prices and offer a mobile app to help consumers find the lowest prices on hundreds of drugs.