WBJ Staff

Sunovion, a Marlborough pharmaceutical company, has won Canadian regulatory approval for a drug treating episodes in those with Parkinson's disease.

Small businesses in Marlborough are eligible for grants of up to $5,000 to help those struggling with the economic hit from the coronavirus pandemic.

James McGorry resigned as CEO of Holliston biotechnology company Biostage, Inc., officially leaving his position on Feb. 7, according to a company quarterly earnings report released in May. 

Robert Johnson, the former president of Becker College in Worcester, will join Western New England University as its new president.

College of the Holy Cross will hold classes on campus this fall but will finish the semester remotely after Thanksgiving, President Philip Boroughs announced Friday.

Milford Regional Medical Center said Thursday it is reopening all medical services and expanding visitor policies now with the hospital is down to about a dozen coronavirus patients.

Mass Dartmouth Chancellor Robert Johnson, the first African-American chancellor at that school, will resign effective Sept. 4, following a three-year tenure, and is moving on to a role where he believes he can make greater contributions.

While communities struggle with shortfalls caused by the coronavirus, Hopkinton has been able to maintain its AAA credit rating for the recent issue of $9.5 million in bonds to be used for school construction.

UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester is loosening visitor restrictions for non-coronavirus patients at a time when virus patients are becoming far fewer in number.

The Worcester Public Market, forced by the coronavirus pandemic to close only a little more than a month after its grand opening, now has a target date in mind to reopen: June 18.