Life Sciences

OrthoWorx tapped Westfield-based iXplore to immerse students in virtual reality to experience what an orthopedic job might be like.... Read More

Warsaw-based Zimmer Biomet is looking to acquire a medical device company headquartered in Englewood, Colorado. The proposed deal for Paragon 28, which specializes in foot and ankle orthopedics, is valued at $1.2 billion. ... Read More

Indiana University School of Medicine scientists have been awarded a $3.2 million federal grant for research that could expand stem cell therapies and lead to new treatments for leukemia and other blood disorders.... Read More

Pete Yonkman, president of Cook Group and Cook Medical, sees initiatives like the new Indiana University IU Launch Accelerator for Biosciences, or IU LAB, as key to helping Hoosier health care companies stay on the cutting edge.... Read More

In late 2023, Warsaw-based OrthoPediatrics announced the creation of its Specialty Bracing division, focused on developing new pediatric brace products. Just over a year later, the company announced an expansion of the division with three specialty clinics.... Read More

The Young Institute Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Consortium will focus on the manufacturing of sterile injectables and "innovative aseptic manufacturing technology," the university said Friday.... Read More

The Indianapolis-based drugmaker will acquire Scorpion’s STX-478, a once-daily oral treatment in early trials for breast cancer and other advanced solid tumors. The therapy is designed to target PI3Ka gene mutations.... Read More

The health care giant said Monday that it will pay $132 in cash for each share of Intra-Cellular. That represents a 39% premium to Intra-Cellular’s closing price of $94.87 on Friday.... Read More

Indiana Secretary of Commerce David Rosenberg, president and CEO of the Indiana Economic Development Corp., has been named the inaugural president and CEO of the Indiana University Launch Accelerator for Biosciences in Indianapolis, IU announced Thursday.... Read More

Kosali Simon, a professor at IU Bloomington’s O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs and a Regenstrief research scientist, will focus on identifying and addressing barriers to equitable and effective care for this growing population of patients.... Read More

Indiana University received its largest grant to support research and development, and that money will go towards a new biosciences initiative. The $138 million grant will establish the IU Launch Accelerator for Biosciences at the 16 Tech Innovation District.... Read More

With the deal done, Novo Holdings said it will move forward with plans to sell three of Catalent’s fill-finish sites—including one in Bloomington—to subsidiary Novo Nordisk.... Read More

Indiana University has landed a $138 million grant from the Lilly Endowment that will fund construction of a state-of-the-art facility to drive advancements and commercialization in biosciences and develop talent in the sector.... Read More

Roche Diagnostics says it has developed blood tests to help rule out a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease in the broad population, thus narrowing who might be suffering from the disease.... Read More

Under pressure to keep up with soaring demand for drug treatments for obesity, diabetes and other diseases, Eli Lilly and Co. is planning a $3 billion expansion of a Wisconsin manufacturing plant that it acquired earlier this year.... Read More

West Lafayette-based Inotiv is reporting a fiscal full-year net loss of $108 million, compared to $105 million the previous year. The company said this week that it plans to continue efforts to consolidate some of its facilities across the U.S. next year.... Read More

Eli Lilly and Co. said Wednesday morning that its weight-loss treatment Zepbound helped patients lose 47% more relative weight than competitor Novo Nordisk’s obesity treatment Wegovy in a head-to-head clinical trial.... Read More

A new report from the Biotechnology Industry Organization shows Indiana added more than 7,000 jobs in the life sciences sector over the last 10 years. With now more than 70,000 jobs, the state remains in the top 10 for life sciences employment.... Read More

When parents are worried about their child’s development, they often face an additional stress: they may have to wait months, or even years, for their child to be evaluated for autism. The delay is caused by the number of children who need...... Read More

The field of nuclear medicine is revolutionizing cancer treatment and growing rapidly in Indiana. SpectronRx, a contract manufacturer, invited Inside INdiana Business into one of its facilities.... Read More