Life Sciences

Conifer Life Sciences has opened at the Worcester incubator Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives.

Gov. Maura Healey has spent the last few weeks using her bully pulpit to warn of a brain drain out of Massachusetts, as a consequence of President Donald Trump's cuts to research funding and the threat of foreign-born students being deported.

ABI-LAB, a Natick-based incubator and accelerator focused on the life science industry, has opened a third facility in the town to meet growing demand.

WuXi has disputed an early WBJ report saying construction at the Worcester site has stopped, although the company declined to provide specifics or give an updated timeline.

Marlborough medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific has entered into a purchase agreement worth up to half a billion dollars to acquire SoniVie, an Israel-headquartered medical device company with a focus on hypertensive disorders.

The company will rely on academic partners and future contract manufacturing relationships to support its clinical trials.

Even though it’s always been centered around the idea of economic and community excellence, Worcester Business Journal’s Business Leader of the Year award has evolved over the years.

Larry Jasinski, CEO of Marlborough-based mobility device manufacturer Lifeward, will be stepping down from his executive role of the company formerly known as ReWalk Robotics in the second quarter of 2025.

Global biopharmaceutical manufacturing firm Rentschler Biopharma will shutter its United Kingdom facility.

Marlborough-based manufacturer Hologic has been issued a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.