Lilly shares slide 7% after Roche announces obesity pill test results
The Roche drug is a once-daily pill, compared to Lilly’s tirzepatide, sold under the brand names Mounjaro (for diabetes) and Zepbound (for obesity), which is a once-weekly shot.
The Roche drug is a once-daily pill, compared to Lilly’s tirzepatide, sold under the brand names Mounjaro (for diabetes) and Zepbound (for obesity), which is a once-weekly shot.
The Indianapolis-based health insurance giant posted solid second-quarter results, but emerging pressure in Medicaid appeared to spook investors.
The expansion plan includes construction of a 100,000-square-foot building on its corporate campus and the addition of 100 jobs.
The state’s largest health care provider said the five-story hospital will include 140 beds, 17 emergency department exam rooms, and six operating rooms.
The Labor Department filed a complaint this week in U.S. District Court against the owner of eight Indianapolis-area health care services companies, saying an estimated 700 employees might have been shortchanged by his practices.
Stevanato, an Italian-based life sciences company that makes glass vials and syringes for pharmaceuticals, has committed to paying employees at its new Fishers facility no less than $70,000 annually.
The study followed a group of testicular cancer survivors for an average of 14 years, revealing that 78% experience significant difficulties in everyday listening situations.
There have been only a handful of previous $1 billion donations to universities in the U.S., most coming in the past several years.
If you’re hearing about more people testing positive or getting sick, it’s no surprise, as data shows another wave forming.
The number of deaths in Marion County due to suspected overdoses dropped 28% in the first quarter of 2024, according to a new report that seeks to give health officials a sharper perspective of the use of substances that lead to fatalities.
Former Gov. Mitch Daniels first introduced the consumer-driven, cost-sharing approach in 2007 when the state expanded Medicaid to moderate-income workers. Gov. Mike Pence developed the program even further.
Some of America’s seniors will see their out of pocket costs fall for more than five dozen drugs—including treatments for osteoporosis and cancer—as part of the White House’s crackdown on rising pharmaceutical prices.
For the first time in years, certain Indiana Medicaid beneficiaries will start paying premiums again—a concern for advocates who say that enrollees are unprepared and point to federal concerns about the rule’s effectiveness.
The race to score blockbuster weight-loss drugs like Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro and Zepbound is pushing one of the world’s largest population of people with obesity to creative lengths.
The agreement with the airport authority comes as the organization moves forward with plans to decommission the Indianapolis Downtown Heliport, where IU Health’s LifeLine transport operations for the city are based.
Officials with IU Health gave what they called a “summer update” on Wednesday and sounded optimistic about the project, one of the most expensive in Indiana history.
At issue is whether a drug developed by Point Biopharma, based in Indianapolis, infringed on a patent issued in 2020 and assigned to Purdue Research Foundation.
Dr. Vivek Murthy said social media is a contributing factor in the mental health crisis among young people and should carry warning labels similar to those now mandatory on cigarette boxes.
The debt-relief initiative is part of a partnership between the United Neighborhood Centers of Indianapolis, United Way of Central Indiana and national not-for-profit Undue Medical Debt.
Total active shortages hit an all-time high of 323 in this year’s first quarter, according to the University of Utah Drug Information Service. That’s up about 86% since 2017.