Life Sciences

Swinford is the CEO of Numotion, a Tennessee-based wheelchair and mobility equipment company. Numotion has 150 storefronts in the country, including a location in Worcester.

Mustang Bio will reduce its workforce by approximately 81% following a vote by the board of directors, according to a regulatory filing.

People are moving up at Cornerstone Bank, the Marlborough Economic Development Council, and bankHometown.

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.

Now professor and chair of the Department of Dermatology at UMass Chan, Harris has founded a vitiligo pharmaceutical company and is about to launch a 1,000-person vitiligo study.

The amount of employees that will be impacted by the cuts was not disclosed.

On Wednesday, UMass Chan announced the creation of the university’s Health AI Assurance Laboratory: a lab designed to evaluate processes and impacts of health AI technology to advance efforts for more accountable, unbiased, and efficacious patient care.

The Central Massachusetts Business Confidence Index fell slightly in March, as business owners expressed concern over the rising cost of labor and inflation.

Ameresco has entered into a $140-million contract to build a biogas cogeneration facility for the Sacramento Area Sewer District located at the EchoWater Resource Recovery Facility near Elk Grove, California. 

Juniper Biomedical has raised $3 million in capital from a seed funding round, as well as the National Institutes of Health, to support its advancements in neuromodulation technology.