Marlborough

The medical technology division of General Electric known as GE Healthcare, which has a facility in Marlborough, will be spun off into its own separate company on Jan. 4.

MassDevelopment made 18 grants totalling more than $1.5 million to businesses, cities, towns, and nonprofit organizations in Central Mass.

Northborough manufacturer Aspen Aerogels, Inc. has secured $340 million in financing to help pay for the construction of the company’s Statesboro, Georgia facility.

The 202-room Courtyard by Marriott Boston Marlborough has been sold for $15.3 million.

Marlborough medical-device giant Texas-based Apollo Endosurgery Inc.

CloudWave, a Marlborough-based healthcare IT company, has acquired Sensato Cybersecurity Solutions of New Jersey and named that company’s founder, John Gomez, as chief security and engineering officer.

Herlihy Insurance Group, Workers Credit Union, Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts, and UMass Memorial Health are among the Central Mass. organizations with recent hires and promotions.

Dr. SUBHASH PAUDEL has joined Reliant Medical Group’s department of nephrology.

Marlborough-based medical technology company Hologic Inc. has been awarded a $19-million contract for further research and development of the company’s disease testing systems.

Sunovion Pharmaceuticals of Marlborough will lay off 360 of its 1,200 employees, effective Jan. 13.