Natick

Life Sciences

Biopharma VC money continues to flow, just not to Central Massachusetts

Venture Capital money continued to flow into Massachusetts’s biopharma sector in 2022.

Government & Politics

Aspen Dental to pay $3.5M settlement over claims of deceptive advertising

The settlement resolves claims that Aspen Dental used a series of bait-and-switch tactics on thousands of Massachusetts consumers, according to a Thursday release from the attorney general.

Government & Politics

Natick manufacturer to pay $500K over defective IV pumps

Zyno Medical, a Natick-based intravenous pump manufacturer, has agreed to pay nearly $500,000 to resolve allegations it knowingly distributed defective medical devices.

Real Estate

Framingham group buys Natick office building for $4M

A corporation registered to Framingham’s SVN | Parsons Commercial Group purchased a 26,000 square foot office building in Natick for $4.15 million.

Manufacturing

Cognex acquires German lighting firm as part of expansion into EV market

Natick-based machine-vision company Cognex Corp. has acquired German-based lighting technology company SAC Sirius Advanced Cybernetics GmbH.

Retail

Modern mini-golf coming to the Natick Mall

The Chicago based recreation company Puttshack plans to open a 22,000-square-foot, two-level mini-golf location inside the Natick Mall by the end of 2023.

Banking & Finance

MassDevelopment grants $1.5M to Central Mass. for transit initiatives

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

Health Care

Tufts to take over troubled MetroWest cancer treatment center from Tenet

Tufts Medicine plans to take over cancer services in early 2023 at the MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham, which is owned by the parent company of Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester.

Banking & Finance