Parkview Health in Fort Wayne has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture totaling more than $460,000 that will be used to support efforts to reduce food insecurity. Parkview says the funding will support its Veggie Rx to HEAL program, which provides fresh produce and nutrition education to low-income adults who are at-risk for food insecurity and chronic health conditions in Allen County.... Read More
Indiana University Health is reporting a first quarter operating loss of $29.8 million. The Indianapolis-based health system says expenses stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic outpaced gains in operating income.... Read More
Middlebury-based Jayco has broken ground on a health clinic to serve employees utilizing its health plan. Jayco says the clinic will be built on the company's campus with doctors and nurses on staff providing primary care, prescription drugs and wellness coaching.... Read More
Community Health Network in Indianapolis is growing its relationship with Houston-based MD Anderson Cancer Center to create what it calls a comprehensive clinical and research cancer program collaboration in central Indiana. ... Read More
Visually Impaired Preschool Services Indiana will Thursday celebrate the opening of the Simon and Estelle Knoble Family Resource Center near downtown Indianapolis. The nonprofit says the center will be the first physical space in the Hoosier State for children ages birth to three with visual impairments.... Read More
The chief executive officer of BioCrossroads says Catalent Pharma Solutions Inc. plans to invest $350 million to expand its Bloomington operations sends a message to other drugmakers. ... Read More
Ivy Tech Community College wants interest to grow in a health field not many may know about. ... Read More
The Indiana University School of Medicine has received a $12.5 million gift from the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer in Fort Wayne. IU says the funding will support new immunotherapy research efforts for breast cancer treatment.... Read More
Indiana’s life sciences sector has just received another economic booster shot with a more than $350 million investment from New Jersey-based Catalent Inc... Read More
The president of Memorial Hospital in South Bend says the planned $232 million expansion serves as a signal from parent Beacon Health System’s commitment to the city and its residents. Larry Tracy says when Beacon initiated a master facility plan process in 2019, one option was to build a new hospital in the suburb of Granger in eastern St. Joseph County. In recent years, the health system has built its corporate headquarters, a smaller eight-bed hospital, and a health and fitness center in that community.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. (NYSE: LLY) has donated more than $66 million in medication over the last two years to help people in western Kenya. Through the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare partnership, Lilly says the donated medicines are helping Kenyans living with cancer, diabetes and mental health disorders.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Acacia Pharma Group will soon be under new ownership. Our partners at the Indianapolis Business Journal report the company is set to be acquired by Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc. in New Jersey in a deal valued at nearly $104 million. ... Read More
Noblesville-based Lifeboost Coffee has seen major growth over the past few years. Last month the company was named the No. 1 fastest-growing company in the Midwest by Inc. magazine, and last year, ranked No. 80 on the publication's annual Inc. 5000 list, which ranks the fastest-growing companies in the country. ... Read More
A federal arbitrator has ordered Indianapolis-based Anthem Inc. (NYSE: ANTM) to pay $4.5 million to a group of 11 Indiana hospitals. Our partners at the Indianapolis Business Journal report Anthem’s policy of denying claims or downgrading reimbursements for ER visits that weren't life-threatening was unlawful and a breach of contract, costing the hospitals millions of dollars.... Read More
Elkhart-based Lippert Components Inc. (NYSE: LCII) is expanding its employee health and wellness services. The RV components manufacturer says its mobile care unit will travel to its northern Indiana facilities to provide acute care, chronic disease management, and well-being resources.... Read More
The Allen County Board of Commissioners has unanimously approved a rezoning measure that clears the way for a new IU Health campus in Fort Wayne. Our partners at WPTA-TV report preliminary construction has already begun at the site.... Read More
Indianapolis-based nonprofit Eskenazi Health Foundation has received a $1 million gift from St. Margaret’s Hospital Guild to support the Behavioral Health Academy. The academy, which is a partnership between the Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center and local universities, aims to increase the number of dual-licensed clinical social workers and clinical addictions counselors in central Indiana.... Read More
The Indiana University Kelley School of Business has received a $1 million gift from alumnus Jeff Albers and his wife, Alison. The university says the gift will create an endowment to support programs at the Center for the Business of Life Sciences.... Read More
A medical tech group has announced plans to expand its Midwest operations. Innovation One LLC, which is comprised of Certus Medical and Radiological Care Services, says it will invest nearly $13 million to establish its new headquarters in the Innovation Mile business district in Noblesville and create more than 80 full-time jobs.... Read More
Avian influenza has been detected in a second northern Indiana duck farm, state officials said Tuesday.... Read More
