Covid Response, ‘Nimble’ Nature Spark Quantigen Expansion
Hoosiers may not realize a homegrown Indiana startup played a pivotal role in creating the at-home COVID-19 test kits now on store shelves.... Read More
Life Sciences
Dementia Caregivers Help Create App
Most people with dementia rely on a family member or friend as their primary caregiver, and the burden weighs heavy.... Read More
IU-led Study Helps Cystic Fibrosis Patients Lighten Treatment Load
The amount of time each day that Carmel resident Abbie Vollmar spends on her at-home treatments for cystic fibrosis (CF) is “intense.” For people with the life-threatening disorder that damages the lu... Read More
Martin: VC Investment Key for Healthcare, Life Sciences
The chief executive officer of BioCrossroads says one of the key findings of a new report on the impact of the healthcare and life sciences sectors on central Indiana is the amount of venture capital... Read More
Lilly Signs Collaboration Agreement with California Company
Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. (NYSE: LLY) has inked a multi-year collaboration and licensing agreement with Lycia Therapeutics Inc. in California. Lilly says the partnership is focused on the d... Read More
Purdue Startup Closes Seed Funding Round
A West Lafayette-based life sciences diagnostic startup has closed on a $1.8 million seed round of funding. Amplified Sciences, which is developing diagnostics designed to detect debilitating diseases... Read More
Study Outlines Life Sciences Impact on Central Indiana
A new study from BioCrossroads says central Indiana's healthcare and life sciences sector generates $84 billion in annual economic impact. The study was conducted by Ohio-based TEConomy Partners to "e... Read More
Lilly Drug Gains Another FDA Approval
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has awarded another approval for a drug developed by Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. (NYSE: LLY) and Boehringer Ingelheim in Germany. The company says Jardia... Read More
Kimball Electronics Launches Kimball Medical Solutions
Jasper-based Kimball Electronics Inc. (Nasdaq: KE) has launched Kimball Medical Solutions. The company says Kimball Medical is a new approach designed to present its manufacturing solutions to the med... Read More
Medical Device Startup Seeing Growth
South Bend-based TayCo Brace says about 14,000 patients have already used its ankle brace designed to be an alternative to the traditional walking boot, and that number is growing. The medical device... Read More
Fishers Seeing Surprising Life Sciences Momentum
The June announcement by Italy-based Stevanato Group of plans for a $145 million manufacturing plant and 230 jobs in Fishers is the latest example of what Mayor Scott Fadness calls surprising momentum... Read More
Medical Device Maker Completes Move to Indiana
RAZOR Medical Instruments Inc. says it has completed the relocation of company headquarters from New Hampshire to Warsaw. The medical instrument and technology company announced plans in February to i... Read More
Lilly Group Partnering with California Company
Indianapolis-based Loxo Oncology at Lilly has formed an exclusive collaboration with Kumquat Biosciences in California. Loxo, a research and development group of Eli Lilly and Co. (NYSE: LLY), says th... Read More
Nextremity Cuts Ribbon on New HQ
Warsaw-based Nextremity Solutions Inc. is in a new building the company says will mean more jobs. The privately held orthopedics company has consolidated operations into what was a shell building in t... Read More
Rolls-Royce, Anderson Startup Partner on Vaccine Transport Pod
Rolls-Royce Corp. in Indianapolis is partnering with local startup ChefsFridge Co. to develop a novel way to store and transport COVID-19 vaccines. The ArcticRx system is an ultra-low temperature pod... Read More
Zionsville Med Tech Company Hits the Market with Monitoring Device
Zionsville based medical technology company VoCare Inc. says after 10 years of development, it has secured authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its mobile, medical monitoring d... Read More
Parkview NIH Grant to Study New Parents and Smartphones
Most will acknowledge that good and bad comes from our use of smartphones—and a researcher in Fort Wayne wants to call attention to both and how technology impacts the earliest days of parenting. The... Read More
New IU Health Lab to ‘Hack’ Devices to Test Safety
“The threats to healthcare are absolutely real,” says an Indiana University Health technology expert who cautions the recent cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline Co., the largest fuel pipeline in the... Read More
Inotiv Acquires Lab Assets of Tennessee Company
West Lafayette-based Inotiv Inc. (Nasdaq: NOTV) has acquired the physical assets of a shuttered laboratory services provider in Tennessee. The company says the $1.3 million deal includes lab instrumen... Read More
Inotiv Enters Genetic Toxicology Business with Acquisition
West Lafayette-based Inotiv Inc. (Nasdaq: NOTV) has acquired the toxicology assets of MilliporeSigma in Massachusetts. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Inotiv says the deal comes as... Read More