Health

Warsaw-based OrthoPediatrics Corp. says it has entered an agreement to acquire a Canadian orthopedics device manufacturer.... Read More

U.S. News & World Report has released its annual ranking of the Best Children's Hospitals in the country. While there are no Indiana hospitals in the overall top 10 ranking, Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis is ranked in multiple specialty categories, including urology, cardiology and pulmonology.... Read More

Richmond-based Reid Health has broken ground on a 20,000-square-foot healthcare facility in Franklin County.... Read More

Purdue University has received two donations that it says will boost pharmaceutical studies and research at the West Lafayette campus and improve the manufacturing process of drugs emerging from biotechnology research. ... Read More

Carmel-based Syra Health Corp. is expanding in Hamilton County. The company, which provides professional services in the healthcare and life science industries, has more than doubled the size of its office space and plans to add 65 jobs over the next year.... Read More

UofL Health has announced plans for a $144 million expansion and upgrade to UofL Hospital in downtown Louisville. The project includes a new seven-story tower and is expected to create 325 jobs.... Read More

Morgan County's only full-service hospital, has completed a new $17 million medical office building. Franciscan Health Mooresville says the 50,000-square-foot building will house its Women's Center and other specialty care.... Read More

? A biomedical engineering researcher and his team at Purdue University have devised edible QR code technology to help root out counterfeit alcohol or medicines.... Read More

Parkview Kosciusko Hospital will Friday host a “topping out” ceremony for construction at Parkview Warsaw, which will become the full-service Parkview Kosciusko Hospital when completed. Construction on the 88,000-square-foot addition to Parkview Warsaw Hospital began last year.... Read More

A Fishers-based startup says its medical device is ready for prime time. Recovery Force Health commercially launched The MAC System last month at the National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition in Houston.... Read More

Eskenazi Health says it plans to build a 95,000-square-foot primary care clinic on the near northeast side of Indianapolis. The health system says the project is part of more than $50 million in capital improvements to its primary care facilities across Marion County.... Read More

List Biotherapeutics Inc. has broken ground on a 110,000-square-foot contract manufacturing facility in Fishers. ... Read More

Franciscan Health Dyer has signed on with Texas-based Signet Health to manage the hospital’s behavioral health services. The health system recently expanded its behavioral health programs for adolescents at the Dyer campus, which now includes 20 inpatient beds for adolescents and 26 beds for adults.... Read More

Maryland-based portable diagnostic services provider TridentCare has acquired Midwest X-Ray Inc. in Evansville. TridentCare says the deal represents significant growth for the company in Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky.... Read More

Trine University and Fort Wayne-based Parkview Health are partnering on a new $40 million academic building to expand the school’s teaching capacity ... Read More

Germany-based Evonik says it will expand its pharmaceutical production facility in Lafayette and create 80 jobs. The company, which produces the active ingredients for medications, says the total investment is $220 million with the U.S. government funding up to $150 million toward the project through its Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.... Read More

Dozens of employees of St. Louis-based Ascension have filed a lawsuit claiming their religious beliefs were violated when the company fired them after refusing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Our partners at WEHT-TV report the lawsuit claims Ascension, which operates numerous hospitals in Indiana, denied religious exemptions for the workers.... Read More

The Indiana University School of Nursing is expanding enrollment across the school's three main campuses. IU says the expansion, which now includes its Bloomington campus, is an effort to offset the state's nursing shortage.... Read More

When the Governor’s Public Health Commission presents its report to Governor Eric Holcomb this summer on how to improve the state’s anemic health ranking, it will recommend spending an additional $240 million on public health, according to our partners at WIBC. The panel says the funding boost is necessary to get Indiana’s per person spending up to the national average.... Read More

Shareholders of Indianapolis-based Anthem Inc. (NYSE: ANTM) on Wednesday approved the changing of the company's corporate name to Elevance Health Inc. The official rebranding is slated to take place in late June.... Read More