Isabel Tehan

Marlborough medical technology company Hologic Inc., reported a decrease in profits of 62.5%, to $187 million, in the first quarter of 2023, which in the same period of the previous year was $499 million.

Rockland Trust, which has nine branches in Central Massachusetts, has promoted two internal employees to its executive leadership team. Kathryn O’Malley will become a senior vice president and maintain her role as chief credit officer, and James Rizzo is now chief commercial banking officer.

The annual profits at Boston Scientific, a Marlborough medical device manufacturer, dropped to $698 million in 2022, down from $1.04 billion in 2021.

WBJ’s annual Economic Forecast Forum will be held on Feb. 7. The forum will look back at the challenges of the past year and forward to what’s going to change in a post-pandemic environment.

Leicester nonprofit ARCHway will merge under the umbrella of the Worcester nonprofit Seven Hills Foundation on April 1.

Watertown-based EyePoint Pharmaceuticals will design and construct a new manufacturing facility in Northbridge focused on development and commercialization of therapeutics for severe eye disorders.

Assumption University and Saint Vincent Hospital are partnering for a program to give 15 students hands-on clinical experience and provide the hospital with a pipeline of prospective nurses.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute on Thursday cut the ribbon to open its Center for Well-Being, which adds a dedicated space for wellness programming to the campus and centralizes student services.

The CEO of MetroWest Medical Center, who assumed the role in July, has resigned his position.

Miach Orthopaedics in Westborough has secured $40 million in financing for its U.S. rollout of an implant to improve ACL tear recovery.