Isabel Tehan

Oligo Factory, a Holliston-based biomanufacturer, opened Thursday a new 13,000 square foot facility to scale-up its production processes. The new facility will serve as Oligo’s new headquarters and will increase manufacturing capabilities for the company by a factor of 12.

UMass Memorial Health has opened its second UrgentCare Express at Harrington, with the new Southbridge facility joining the Oxford location.

UMass Memorial Health has appointed Dr. Lynda Young as board chair and Elvira Guardiola as vice chair of the board of trustees. Young is the first woman to be chair, and Guardiola is the first woman and the first Latina to be vice chair.

The National Institutes of Health awarded Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher Emmanuel Agu $2.4 million to develop a smartphone app to detect infections in open wounds.

RoslinCT and Lykan Bioscience, a combined cell therapy manufacturer, announced Tuesday it is adding six processing suites at its Hopkinton facility. Citing industry demand, the MetroWest and Edinburgh, Scotland based contract developer and manufacturing organization will now have 22 processing suites, with 14 in Hopkinton.

As demand for COVID-19 testing continues to drop, UMass Memorial Health announced on Tuesday that free testing at 100 Front Street will cease on March 31.

Worcester-based human services nonprofit Open Sky Community Services has promoted two senior staff members to newly created executive roles as part of an organizational restructuring move. The organization is moving to have a single leadership team to oversee both services provided and business growth.

SpadXTech, a Worcester-based climate technology startup, has been selected for a new accelerator that aims to support companies in the climate tech industry led by Black, indigenous, and people of color.

Tenet Healthcare has named Christian Bartholomew as the new chief human resources officer for the Massachusetts market and Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester. Bartholomew will assume the role on Monday.

Ascentria Care Alliance, a human services nonprofit based in Worcester with a presence throughout New England, has hired Christine Tappan as the new chief of strategy and external relations. Tappan will join the executive team in strategic planning for organizational development and fundraising.