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Technology

  • Hidden Scientific Research At Worcester State

    Eileen Kennedy May 11, 2009

    People are used to hearing about research with the potential to cure or mitigate some of life’s many diseases.

    Eileen Kennedy May 11, 2009
  • Q1 A Bitter Pill For Psychemedics

    Matthew L. Brown May 7, 2009

    Psychemedics Corp. of Acton said it ended the first quarter with a $39,000 profit on $4.1 million in revenue, both significant declines from a year ago.

    Matthew L. Brown May 7, 2009
  • Product Price Declines Hurt Fitchburg Firm's Earnings

    Matthew L. Brown May 7, 2009

    Fitchburg-based Arrhythmia Research Technology Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Micron Products Inc. said "continuing price erosion" was in part responsible for its weak first quarter performance.

    Matthew L. Brown May 7, 2009
  • GTC Launches Key Product In U.S.

    Matthew L. Brown May 6, 2009

    Framingham-based GTC Biotherapeutics Inc. said its anti-clotting drug ATryn is now commercially available in the United States.

    Matthew L. Brown May 6, 2009
  • Skin Laser Gets Canadian OK

    Matthew L. Brown May 6, 2009

    A skin treatment laser made by Wayland-based Candela Corp. has been approved for use in Canada.The carbon dioxide laser is already in use in the United States, Europe and Australia.

    Matthew L. Brown May 6, 2009
  • RXi Adds Chin To Board

    May 5, 2009

    RXi Pharmaceuticals Corp. of Worcester bas appointed Richard Chin, CEO of the nonprofit pharmaceutical company Institute for OneWorld Health, to its board of directors.

    May 5, 2009
  • Oxford Laser Co. Reports Steep Q1 Declines

    Matthew L. Brown May 5, 2009

    Oxford-based laser maker IPG Photonics Corp. reported a first quarter revenue decrease of 14 percent, as well as operating income and profit declines of 84 percent.

    Matthew L. Brown May 5, 2009
  • Wider Loss For Exact After Genzyme Deal

    Matthew L. Brown May 5, 2009

    Exact Sciences Corp. said its new relationship with pharmaceutical and biotech giant Genzyme Corp. boosted the company's first quarter revenue, but deepened its quarterly loss.

    Matthew L. Brown May 5, 2009
  • Franklin Co. Set For Distribution In Spain

    Matthew L. Brown May 4, 2009

    Franklin-based medical device maker PLC Systems Inc. says it has inked a distribution deal to bring its key product to Spain.

    Matthew L. Brown May 4, 2009
  • Maynard Software Co. Bought For $22.8M

    May 1, 2009

    A Burlington company has acquired Maynard telephone software provider Convergence Inc. for about $22.8 million.

    May 1, 2009
  • Harvard Bioscience Revenue Drops

    May 1, 2009

    Holliston life science tools company Harvard Bioscience Inc. saw its Q1 revenues drop 13.2 percent to

    May 1, 2009
  • Two MetroWest Firms Awarded Life Sciences Loans

    Eileen Kennedy April 29, 2009

    The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center awarded a total of $3.4 million in accelerator loans today for early stage biotechnology companies, including one in Marlborough and one in Westborough, accordin

    Eileen Kennedy April 29, 2009
  • Milford Firm Makes DEA Deal

    Matthew L. Brown April 29, 2009

    Milford-based Waters Corp. has sold chromatography equipment to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, which intends to use it to train forensic chemists.

    Matthew L. Brown April 29, 2009
  • Waters Posts Q1 Profit Gain On Weak Sales

    Matthew L. Brown April 28, 2009

    Milford-based laboratory equipment maker Waters Corp. reported a first quarter profit of $73.3 million, up from $68.5 million a year ago despite a 10 percent decline in sales.

    Matthew L. Brown April 28, 2009
  • Sepracor: Good Results For New Hay Fever Treatment

    April 27, 2009

    Marlborough pharmaceutical company Sepracor Inc. says a phase III study of its nasal aerosol hay fever treatment had positive results.

    April 27, 2009
  • Thermo Fisher Buys Australian Co.

    April 27, 2009

    Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has entered into an agreement to buy Australian life science equipment company Biolab for about $120 million.

    April 27, 2009

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Massachusetts is implementing a new lottery admissions system for vocational-technical high schools, starting with the 2026-2027 school year. Proposed by the Healey Administration, the new lottery system is an attempt to expand access to voc-tech schools, giving schools with more applicants than seats the choice of either a weighted lottery, which takes aspects like attendance and discipline records into account, or a non-weighted lottery, which does not take academic performance or discipline issues into consideration.

Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler and supporters of the lottery have defended the change to a lottery system, saying it will make admissions more equitable while the state works to expand access to voc-tech schools. The lottery system has been criticized by business groups and educational leaders, who have said lotteries will water down admission standards and disrupt the pathway of top students into high-demand trades.