Medical device company Candela, life sciences manufacturer Lykan Bioscience and medical optics firm Olympus Corporation of the Americas have been approved for new tax breaks.
The FDA is conducting a review of balloons and stents using a common chemotherapy drug after a trial found the devices, including one made by Boston Scientific, could be harmful.
Yet, there is concern from industry experts the hotel industry is heading for a slowdown; not necessarily reversing course but delivering much less robust growth. This is a valid concern, but it is weighed against the growing appeal of the region.
The forecasted stall in the nation's hotel industry would come as Worcester metropolitan area hotels mark five years of growth in occupancy rates and average nightly room rates.
Heywood Hospital in Gardner has settled a case after nurses who advocated for safe patient limits during the Question 1 ballot campaign in 2018 said they were threatened.
Marlborough medical device maker Boston Scientific said it received the CE Mark for European approval for a stroke-prevention device yet to clear U.S. regulators.
Garden Remedies, a Fitchburg marijuana grower selling under the state's medicinal marijuana law, is now readying to open its doors in Marlborough to any adults looking to get high.