Health Care

Biopharmaceutical company Mustang Bio has sold its 27,000-square-foot development, manufacturing, and testing facility in Worcester to a Boston firm specializing in cell-and-gene therapy for $11 million.

A new white paper report from the Massachusetts Nurses Association labor union using Occupational Safety & Health Administration data shows the rate of illness and injury to healthcare workers increased substantially during the coronavirus pandemic, and the study makes the claim that workers in the healthcare field were the most harmed in 2020.

AdCare Hospital in Worcester has named Brian Stoesz as its new CEO.

Nearly 70 percent of Massachusetts health care employees have felt exhausted or burnt out by work over the past year, according to the results of a survey of union workers.

CVS Pharmacy has reached an agreement with state Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s office to pay $6.15 million to settle allegations it failed to follow prescription pricing procedures in several Massachusetts locations, including Worcester.

Precisionary Instruments purchased a 12,000-square-foot flex unit in Ashland to relocate its headquarters from Natick.

People are on the move at UMass Memorial Medical Group, the City of Worcester, and Tighe & Bond.

Chuck Brown was stuck between turning his home into a full-time business or taking out loans to push the project to the next step to open a business in a commercial space. Eventually, Brown’s connections in education led to him meeting.

About six weeks into the process, which is expected to take a year, about 70,000 Massachusetts households have begun the process of assessing whether they still qualify for state-funded health insurance.

The T.H.Chan School of Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester ranks 13th in the nation and first in New England for primary care education in the U.S. News and World Report.