Savings and Discounts

Frequently, IHIF has the opportunity to share cost-saving discounts or special deals for our members from some of our vendors, partners, or members. IHIF also participates in the BIO Business Solutions group purchasing program, which gives IHIF members special access to discounts on services and supplies targeted to the needs of the bioscience and med […]

OpenTrons – Laboratory Automation Solutions

Promotional Offer for IHIF Members: FREE pipette with OT-2 robot order! Starting at $6,000 Modules for Every Application Temperature Module Magnetic Module Thermocycler Module HEPA Module For More Information, Contact Your Local Representative: Nick Yonts, Senior Automation Product Specialist Tel: 317-296-9267 or e-mail

BIO Business Solutions

ABOUT BIO BUSINESS SOLUTIONS BIO Business Solutions® is the largest cost savings purchasing program for the biotech industry, operated by the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO). BIO leverages the purchasing power of the industry to negotiate with top suppliers to secure exceptional savings, favorable terms, and superior service for members. BIO and ILSA Members may participate […]

Legislators of the Year

Each year, the Indiana Life Sciences Association recognizes a state or federal elected official as our, “Legislator of the Year”. The award is given in recognition of a legislator’s commitment to excellence in public health policy and service to Indiana’s health science business community. A list of past recipients follows. 2024 Rep. Rudy Yakym III […]

IHIF Announces Rep. Jackie Walorski as 2019 Legislator of the Year

October 1, 2019 – INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Health Industry Forum is pleased to announce Representative Jackie Walorski (IN-2) as the group’s 2019 Legislator of the Year.  Rep. Walorski has been a strong and vocal leader in the effort to repeal the Medical Device Tax and her backing for this issue has generated tremendous bipartisan […]

Policy Forum

Indiana Life Sciences Association’s Policy Forum will work with the Indiana Life Sciences Association board and leadership to address state and federal policy issues that affect the life sciences business community and Hoosier patients’ access to therapies. Our objectives are to increase awareness of current, industry-related public policy activities and issues and facilitate opportunities for […]

BD Forum Webinar 2

Please Join Us for a Zoom Meeting with  Pete Pellerito, Senior Policy Adviser for Federal and State Economic Development and Technology Transfer Initiatives for the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) November 11, 2020 – 11 am – noon Please join us for a featured presentation by BIO’s Pete Pellerito, author of the TEConomy/BIO report, “The BioScience […]

AMERICA’S BIO AND PHARMA MANUFACTURING RENAISSANCE: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

2020 AURP International Conference Pre-Session Date: September 15, 2020 ~ 1:00 – 4:00 PM Cost: $99 for non members and $75 for AURP members Event Details:Brought to you by AURP BIO Health Caucus – The Covid-19 Pandemic vividly demonstrates the need for rethinking ways to manufacture biological materials and create sustainable medical product supply lines […]

Most Favored Nation Endangers Innovation

Importing International Reference Pricing in the U.S. Jeopardizes Our Fight Against COVID-19 and Patient Access to Innovative Medicines By Kristin Jones, President and CEO, Indiana Health Industry Forum In late July, President Trump issued a series of executive orders affecting the access to and affordability of innovative medicines.  One of the orders focuses specifically on […]

Pluricell Biotech

www.pluricellbiotech.com.br Brazil/West Lafayette PluriCell Biotech is a preclinical stage company developing allogeneic heart cell therapy (derived form iPSCs) for patients with congestive heart failure.

Novosteo, Inc.

www.novosteo.com West Lafayette, IN Novosteo was founded to reduce the morbidity, mortality and loss of productivity associated with bone fractures. Based on discoveries of agents that accelerate bone regeneration and breakthroughs in methods to target these agents selectively to fracture surfaces, Novosteo has designed a series of fracture-targeted drugs that concentrate a drug’s healing power […]

BIO/TEConomy Jobs Report 2020

Strong Bioscience Jobs Numbers Keep Indiana in Top Tier of States Latest Biennial Report from BIO Shows Job, Wage, and Establishment Growth June 8, 2020 – INDIANAPOLIS, IN –The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) today released its ninth biennial report, “The Bioscience Economy: Propelling Life-Saving Treatments, Supporting State & Local Communities”, which highlights Indiana as a […]

Business Development Forum

The Business Development Forum will explore recommendations around fostering economic development across the life science sectors in Indiana. Based on survey feedback from our Roadmap 2020 Strategic Plan, our members would like IHIF to assume a leadership position in the promotion of Indiana’s life science industry and assets and provide on-going educational opportunities and current […]

Doing Business in Scotland Briefing and Reception

Since 2016, IHIF and the Scottish Life Sciences Association (SLA) have partnered to bring our member companies and life science communities closer together. This year, we are pleased to welcome a delegation of SLA members to Indiana and offer this chance for our Hoosier friends and members to learn more about our special relationship! Scotland […]

Scottish Trade Mission

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Scottish Lifesciences Association Mission to Indiana became a successful virtual program with many introductions and meetings coordinated in April and May. We offer our thanks to Emily Butler for her help in making this year’s program happen! You can read Emily’s summary report here. We will be continuing our […]

Roadmap 2020

IHIF Launches New Strategic Plan January 2, 2019 – INDIANAPOLIS, IN – The Indiana Health Industry Forum (IHIF) today released Roadmap 2020 – an industry driven strategic plan intended to engage individuals and companies across Indiana’s bioscience, med-tech, and digital health sectors. Based on recommendations developed from submissions made during a wide-ranging data gathering process, Roadmap 2020 aligns that feedback […]

The Value of Bioscience Innovation in Growing Jobs and Improving Quality of Life 2018

This eighth, biennial report focuses on the economic progress and footprint of the industry geographically including the performance, positioning and latest trends in the bioscience industry for the nation, states and metropolitan areas. For the first time, it includes a national assessment of the full economic impact of the bioscience industry not only in terms […]

IBJ Life Sciences Power Breakfast

Featured Panelists: Bob Coy, President & CEO, 16 Tech Community Corporation Rainer Fischer, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, Indiana Biosciences Research Institute Philip S. Low, Founder & CSO, Endocyte Inc. Ralph C. Corley, Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University Dan Peterson, Vice President, Industry & Government Affairs, Cook Group Incorporated Anantha Shekhar, MD, PhD, Director, […]

Hoosiers Work for Health/PhRMA Vendor Impact Study

Our vendor and supplier mapping project illustrates the biopharmaceutical industry’s investment in our state economies and in the health of the patients we serve.  Learn more here Click to view the impact in Indiana  

“Bioscience Innovation in the States: Legislation and Job Creation through Public-Private Partnerships”

San Diego, CA (June 20, 2017) – The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) released “Bioscience Innovation in the States: Legislation and Job Creation through Public-Private Partnerships” today at the 2017 BIO International Convention. The fourth edition of the Best Practices Guide is the bioscience industry’s leading comprehensive analysis of state legislative and regulatory initiatives in support […]

NIH Funding in Indiana

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the nation’s primary medical research agency, supporting research efforts in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Its mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce the burdens […]

TEConomy/BIO: The Value of Bioscience Innovation in Growing Jobs and Improving Quality of Life

San Francisco, CA (June 7, 2016)—A study released today at the BIO International Convention shows increased employment within the U.S. bioscience industry for the last four consecutive years. The report also shows impressive bioscience industry strength and resilience, with employment growth of nearly 10 percent since 2001. Among technology sectors the bioscience industry has been a leading […]

Entrepreneurship Resource Portal

IHIF’s Entrepreneur Resource Portal is a repository of connections and tools geared towards growing health science companies.  Can’t find something?  Just send us a note at info@ihif.org and we’ll try to track it down! For COVID related news and resources, please visit our COVID-19 Toolbox Development Pathways and Timelines Understand the unique challenges and milestones […]