Life Sciences

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.

Bioscience firm National Resilience, Inc. has purchased an eight-acre property in Marlborough for $11 million, as it is in the process of constructing an expanded facility on the site, according to the Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds.

ReWalk Robotics reported decreases in revenue and losses in the first quarter, driven in part by COVID-related processing limitations.

Two teams of researchers at the UMass Chan Medical School have received $25,000 apiece to help fund ongoing technology products and bring them closer to the market.

Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives will break ground Wednesday morning on an expanded biomanufacturing center in Worcester after purchasing the property for more than $7.1 million.

At a Wednesday night planning board meeting in Natick, developers detailed plans for the Natick Mall’s former Neiman Marcus department store, which Boston real estate firm The Bulfinch Cos. bought for $12.6 million late last year.

Central Massachusetts manufacturers must rise to meet demand and the challenges of the current crisis, using innovation and partners, according to a slate of experts at Worcester Business Journal's Central Mass Manufacturing Summit & Awards event Thursday at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester.

The president and CEO of Marlborough biotech company Phio Pharmaceuticals Corp., Gerrit Dispersyn, is stepping down from his role, the firm announced Thursday.