Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester is partnering with Worcester incubator Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives and biopharmaceutical company AbbVie, which has an outpost in the city, to pilot an entry-level Biomanufacturing On-Ramp Workshop intended to help encourage participants to entry the biomanufacturing industry pipeline.
Biopharmaceutical company AbbVie will pay Marlborough beauty equipment company BTL Aesthetics, as part of a settlement over alleged patent infringement, according to a Tuesday press release.
AbbVie has a strong record of having women and minorities in leadership positions and other places throughout the company, with women making up 51% of its executive, senior and mid-level management ranks.
Illinois biomedical company AbbVie, which has facilities in Worcester, announced on Tuesday a $30-million collaborative research alliance with Harvard Medical School in Boston to study and develop novel therapies against emergent viral infections.Â
The Massachusetts biopharma industry has grown by one-third in the past decade, adding nearly 20,000 jobs and putting the state near the top nationally in a fast growing industry.
Illinois drugmaker AbbVie, with a bioresearch center in Worcester employing 900, is acquiring the Irish maker of Botox in a cash and stock deal worth $63 billion.Â
Thanks to several decades of hard work and planning and the growth of life science business parks in Worcester, the biotech cluster in Central Massachusetts is becoming known on the world stage.
AbbVie, a Worcester pharmaceutical facility, has joined a statewide program aiming to help low-income students find opportunities in high-demand biotechnology firms.