Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives

Every year starting in October, WBJ asks its readers to vote on the best companies in Central Massachusetts in a variety of categories, ranging from law firms and incubators to golf courses and restaurants.

There have been some bright spots, but vacancies and empty pad sites remain.

As the biomanufacturing sector continues to expand into a wide range of applications, billions of dollars are being spent on biomedical research, targeting diseases and improving patient outcomes with technology.

The WPI hotel-to-housing controversy sparked a secondary conversation about the organization which initially led the charge by sending WPI a fiery public letter.

An apparent plan by Worcester Polytechnic Institute to buy two hotel properties with the intent of converting them into student housing has upset some of the city’s most prominent business and political leaders.

After two years of development at MBI, a research-and-development startup has graduated to a new headquarters.

For the burgeoning life sciences hub that is Central Massachusetts, Governor Maura Healey’s $3.5-billion Mass Leads Act economic development proposal looks to add fuel to fires.

Leal’s founder Dr. Asa Abeliovich is no stranger to successful pharmaceutical endeavors.

Worcester incubator Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives has entered a sponsorship with Thermo Fisher Scientific in Waltham, which will support an updated and state-of-the-art instrument suite at the Worcester startup hub.

Worcester life sciences incubator Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives has awarded seven grants to local individuals and companies as part of its 2023 Challenge Grants program.