Life Sciences

Three businesses in Central Massachusetts have been approved for economic incentive development programs by the state’s Economic Assistance Coordinating Council, and two additional Worcester County towns have been approved for the council’s vacant storefront program.

UMass Chan Medical School professor Dr. David Harlan will be the new director of the JDRF Center of Excellence in New England, effective immediately.

Boston Scientific is purchasing a majority stake in a South Korean manufacturer and distributor of medical devices, which focuses on medical devices for endoscopic and urologic procedures.

WBJ spoke to both Geoff Diehl and Chris Doughty separately after the convention to ask about economic issues in Central Massachusetts and the commonwealth as a whole.

Cytovia Therapeutics, a Florida company with research-and-development operations in Natick, has named a chief financial officer and a chief product officer, as the company advances towards clinical trials and prepares to go public.

Veristat, the Southborough-based global clinical research organization, has promoted Cindy Henderson to the role of chief commercial officer.

Preferred Laboratory LLC of Worcester and its owner, Vipin Adhlakha of Westfield, Ind., were implicated in a scheme that resulted in more than $2 million in false claims billed to the state insurance system MassHealth.

Ambri, an MIT-spinoff manufacturing company headquartered in Marlborough, is planning to expand into Milford with the construction of a 140,000-square-foot facility.

As Massachusetts’ life sciences industry continues to expand rapidly, companies must rethink hiring practices to address ongoing workforce challenges, according to a Wednesday report by the Cambridge-based Massachusetts Biotechnology Council.

On April 1, Sheree Gaus began her first term on the board of Women in Manufacturing Association, a nonprofit trade group founded in Ohio with aspirations of making a global impact.