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Research & Development

  • Former GlaxoSmithKline CEO joins Framingham biopharma board

    Emily Micucci December 10, 2015

    Jean-Pierre Garnier has been appointed chairman of the board of Alzheon Inc., a Framingham-based private biopharmaceutical startup focused on developing treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.

    Emily Micucci December 10, 2015
  • Ocata results show promise for lupus treatment

    Emily Micucci December 3, 2015

    Results published in the journal Scientific Reports suggest that Marlborough-based Ocata Therapeutics has developed technology that can be used to prevent lupus nephritis, a fatal complication in patients with lupus.

    Emily Micucci December 3, 2015
  • WPI team creates virtual human

    Emily Micucci November 4, 2015

    Engineers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute have developed a virtual human by digitizing and combining high-resolution images of thin slices of an actual human body, WPI announced Tuesday.

    Emily Micucci November 4, 2015
  • October 22, 2015
  • Mevion beams in on cancer treatment

    Christina P. O'neill Special To The Worcester Business Journal September 28, 2015

    In 2007, he met with Still River Systems (renamed Mevion Medical Systems in 2011), to seek to solve the problem.

    Christina P. O'neill Special To The Worcester Business Journal September 28, 2015
  • Sunovion extends development agreement

    September 14, 2015

    Marlborough-based Sunovion Pharmaceuticals has extended a drug discovery and development agreement with a New York company.

    September 14, 2015
  • ALS researchers at UMass Medical get ‘Ice Bucket’ funds

    Katie Lannan State House News Service September 3, 2015

    Two groups of scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have each received $1 million in grant money raised during last summer's viral Ice Bucket Challenge campaign, funds that will support ALS research projects that the school's

    Katie Lannan State House News Service September 3, 2015
  • Cambridge biopharma announces research agreement with UMass Medical School

    Emily Micucci August 27, 2015

    Cambridge-based biopharmaceutical company Enumeral Biomedical Holdings has announced a research study agreement with the University of Massachusetts Medical School to aid the company in developing new cancer therapies.

    Emily Micucci August 27, 2015
  • Waters Corp. names new CEO

    June 26, 2015

    Christopher J. O'Connell will take on the role of chief executive officer at Waters Corp. beginning in September.

    June 26, 2015
  • Ocata Therapeutics prices $30 million common stock offering

    Sam Bonacci June 17, 2015

    Marlborough's Ocata Therapeutics is expecting to net over $30 million in a stock offering, after the company announced pricing for the stock Wednesday.

    Sam Bonacci June 17, 2015
  • Philips to move operations from N.Y. to Cambridge

    Sam Bonacci May 20, 2015

    The international lighting company Royal Philips, which has operations in Framingham, has signed a $25 million research agreement with MIT and will move its North American research center from New York to Cambridge's Kendall Square.

    Sam Bonacci May 20, 2015
  • NIH funds WPI heart valve study

    April 23, 2015

    Research at Worcester Polytechnic Institute aimed at creating more natural and durable replacement heart valves is getting a boost from the National Institutes of Health, the school announced Wednesday.

    April 23, 2015
  • AMSC stock soars following likely Navy deal

    Sam Bonacci April 22, 2015

    Stock in Devens-based AMSC shot up more than 30 percent this week after the company announced expanded relationships with both the U.S. Navy and energy provider Eversource.

    Sam Bonacci April 22, 2015
  • Oxford Immunotec launches T cell test

    April 1, 2015

    Oxford Immunotec of Marlborough has developed a laboratory test that measures a patient's immunity to cytomegalovirus (CMV), a herpes virus.

    April 1, 2015
  • RXi grows 4Q revenue, cuts losses

    March 30, 2015

    RXi Pharmaceuticals of Marlborough, which is pushing toward federal approval of its initial products, saw 8.3-percent revenue growth in the final quarter of 2014 while paring its quarterly loss over the fourth quarter of 2013.

    March 30, 2015
  • Rick Saia March 30, 2015

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As housing prices spike, do you raise your employees' compensation to ensure they can afford to live in Central Mass.?
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In June, the median single-family home price in Worcester County rose by 2.6% to $513,000 while the median home price in Middlesex County climbed by 2.2% to a $905,000. Despite the price increases, the counties saw 10.8% and a 6.2% increases in transactions over the year from June 2024. 

Despite the increase in sales, Massachusetts is experiencing an unhealthy house-price-to-income ratio, with the typical home in Massachusetts costing six times the average annual household income, according to The Boston Globe.