Quinsigamond Community College will receive a $310,000 capital grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) to boost its life sciences program.
MassDevelopment said it's given equipment loans to two life sciences companies that started at Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives incubators in Worcester.
Advanced Cell Technology of Marlborough nearly doubled its fourth-quarter revenue to end 2012, but reported a net loss of $10.3 million, the biotech firm reported Thursday.
Harvard Bioscience Inc., the Holliston maker of tools used in life science research, posted mixed results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ending Dec. 31.
Framingham-based HeartWare International, which makes heart pumps and other devices for patients suffering from advanced heart failure, saw its revenue climb 42 percent to $32.7 million in its fourth quarter ended Dec. 31.
Psychemedics Corp. of Acton reported a 5-percent increase in revenue for 2012, a year in which the maker of highly sensitive drug tests received federal approval for five different modes of analysis in a patented test.
More than 40 percent of medical device companies expect to increase prices in response to an industry tax that took effect last month, according to a survey by a Texas-based consulting firm.