Life Sciences

Hologic, the Marlborough-based medical technology company that primarily focuses on women’s health, will close its Danbury, Conn. location, the company announced in its first-quarter earnings report.

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester will be running two workshops on biomanufacturing for students this spring, thanks to a new $50,000 grant.

Marlborough manufacturer ReWalk Robotics is appointing medical device industry veteran Joseph Turk to its board of directors. 

Samuels & Associates, a Boston-based real estate developer, is proposing a four-building life sciences park at the former BJ’s Wholesale Club headquarters in Westborough.

The federal initiative partnered with Worcester Polytechnic Institute to facilitate the growth of the biotech sector in New England has announced a new effort in its quest to expand the industry’s services to underserved communities.

Solmetex, LLC, a Northborough-based provider of amalgam separators and other waste compliance products for dentists’ offices, acquired Sterisil, a dental product supplier in Colorado specializing in dental unit water line infection control products.

The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester will rename its Integrated Science Complex in honor of alumni Anthony Fauci, who helped guide top federal officials through the coronavirus pandemic.

Now, in its seventh year, the Manufacturing Excellence Awards seeks to accentuate the top performers in a highly complex and varied industry.

BioConnects New England, a multi-state biotech coalition of which Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a member, partnered with Latinos in Bio, a Massachusetts nonprofit focused on creating opportunities for Latinx in biotech industries.

The Women in Manufacturing Association, a nonprofit trade association based in Ohio, elected Sheree Gaus global director of health, safety, and environment at Waters Corp., to the association’s board of directors.