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Biostage secures $6M to advance clinical trials
April 7, 2023Biostage, a cell-therapy biotech company based in Holliston, has received $6 million in commitments from investors to accelerate its clinical development program.
April 7, 2023
Physician assistants push to keep their pandemic flexibility
April 7, 2023Keeping in place a pandemic-era policy that gave physician assistants greater workplace and supervisory flexibility would help Massachusetts navigate a spiraling health care workforce crisis, its legislative sponsor said Thursday.
April 7, 2023Directory: CROs, CDMOs, and life sciences support organizations
Updated: April 17, 2023The directory is a list of organizations with a location in Central Massachusetts that support the life sciences industry, including contract research organizations, contract development and manufacturing organizations, and companies providing
Updated: April 17, 2023
WPI professor awarded $430K for heart valve research
April 5, 2023Kristen Billiar, researcher and department head for biomedical research at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, has received a $430,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to research how blood flow impacts engineered heart valves.
April 5, 2023
Two UMass Chan professors receive grant to fund rare disease research
April 5, 2023Microbiology professors Jun Xie and Guangping Gao at UMass Chan Medical School have received $74,000 from Tennessee foundation EndAxD to fund their research into a treatment for Alexander disease, a fatal neurological disease.
April 5, 2023
Downtown Worcester BID names two business leaders to board
April 5, 2023The Downtown Worcester Business Improvement District named Kate McEvoy and Joffrey Smith as new members of the organization’s board of directors.
April 5, 2023
Infectious disease doctor named state public health commissioner
April 5, 2023Robert Goldstein, an infectious disease physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, will become the state's commissioner of public health on April 18, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kate Walsh announced Tuesday.
April 5, 2023
Boston Scientific completes $615M acquisition of Austin-based Apollo Endosurgery
April 4, 2023Boston Scientific Corp., a Marlborough medical device manufacturer with $12.7 billion in annual revenue, on Tuesday completed the acquisition of Apollo Endosurgery Inc., in Austin, Texas for $10 a share.
April 4, 2023
Natick life sciences firm raises $41M for cancer-detecting liquid biopsy tech
April 4, 2023Mercy BioAnalytics, a life sciences company born in Cambridge and now based in Natick, has closed a $41 million Series A financing round.
April 4, 2023
Movers & Shakers for April 3, 2023
Updated: April 3, 2023Employees are on the move at Akoya Biosciences, Milford Regional Medical Center, and MutualOne Bank, with new hires joining operations and promotions happening within organizations.
Updated: April 3, 2023
The next leader: Tran takes over at the Southeast Asian Coalition
Updated: April 3, 2023As the Southeast Asian Coalition settles into new digs, its executive director arrives with big ambitions for its role in the community.
Updated: April 3, 2023
Manufacturing awards: FLEXcon’s new adhesive seeks to change the medical device paradigm
Updated: April 3, 2023FLEXcon Co., Inc. created OMNI-WAVE technology and it is now being implemented by medical device companies as a way to replace hydrogel, the moist and sticky backing used to attach EKG and ECG devices to patients.
Updated: April 3, 2023
Large Grafton Street property sold to group including addiction treatment center co-founder
March 31, 2023Brandt Lane Development, LLC of Holden purchased 17.7 acres of undeveloped land at 1029 Grafton St. in Worcester, across the street from Roosevelt Elementary School, for $4.3 million.
March 31, 2023
Autism clinic purchases former Devens general’s HQ for new location
March 30, 2023Applebury Behavior Associates purchased the former Learning Express Toys and Gifts headquarters in Devens and plans to open a new clinic at the location.
March 30, 2023
Union survey: Mass. nurses report feeling quality of care has worsened
March 30, 2023A new survey from the Massachusetts Nurses Association delivers a grim outlook on the healthcare system, particularly among newer nurses.
March 30, 2023
Spectrum Health Systems doles out $140K in grants to support addiction recovery
March 29, 2023Worcester nonprofit Spectrum Health Systems, a mental health and addiction treatment provider, has issued $137,000 in grants to organizations supporting those in recovery, seven of which are located in Worcester.
March 29, 2023
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