Milford

Dorian Des Lauriers, co-founder and president of ProVerde Laboratories Inc., is a self-described “chronic entrepreneur,” and his latest venture brings him into the uncharted territory of the Massachusetts' budding medical marijuana industry. ProVerde will conduct testing on medical marijuana, among other specimens, at its new Milford site on Fortune Boulevard. By providing testing services, Des Lauriers hopes to legitimize the substance as a treatment for those with chronic illness and remove the perception that marijuana is just a recreational drug.

A Franklin laboratory that provides analytic testing and consulting services for clients in several industries will be moving operations to Milford this month after it signed a lease for space in a building once occupied by Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Milford biotech startup Prothelia Inc. announced it has entered into an agreement with a Connecticut-based drug company to further develop Prothelia's clinical-stage treatment for the rare form of muscular dystrophy known as MCD1A. Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc., which specializes in treatments for rare diseases, will have an option to acquire Prothelia and license its clinical-state treatment, Laminin-111, after entering into a “strategic agreement” with Prothelia and its research partner, the University of Nevada Reno (UNR), according to a statement from Prothelia.

With 20 sites across the commonwealth – including locations in Worcester, Milford and Ayer - winning initial state approval to open medical marijuana dispensaries, the next step toward approval begins, a process that will focus heavily on local rules.

A report released by the Sierra Club on Monday said a proposal to replace the commonwealth's existing bottle redemption law with a one-cent fee would saddle municipalities with extra costs and result in thousands of lost jobs.

Milford-based Waters Corp. beat both last year's performance and analysts' estimates for revenue and earnings-per-share growth.

A West Boylston woman with banking and small business experience has been selected as the next leader of the Milford Area Chamber of Commerce (MACC).

Jon Delli Priscoli looked to Cambridge for inspiration as he sought to make his mark in MetroWest.The...

Voters in Milford yesterday said “no dice.” No blackjack or slots either. In fact, there was nothing ambiguous about the denial they delivered yesterday to the developers of the proposed resort casino near the junction of Interstate 495 and Route 16.

Just days before voters in that down go to the polls to determine whether plans for a resort casino in Milford can move forward, state gaming officials have issued a conditional endorsement of the group seeking to build it, ordering it to obtain more money for the project.