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Global pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, which has a manufacturing facility in Westborough, said it has agreed to buy Pearl Therapeutics, a privately held company in Redwood City, Calif., that focuses on the development of inhaled, small-molecule drugs for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD.

A Marlborough-based manufacturer of solid-state silicon motion sensors has secured a $3-million investment from a Japanese company, which will help upgrade its processes and sell its products globally, the firm, Qualtre Inc., announced.

When Brendon Davis, director of business operations for Marlborough-based staffing firm The Davis Cos., got on a...

Perhaps feeling as if they had always been taking a back seat to the Boston area, officials...

Libratone Inc., a Danish company that designs and sells high-end wireless speakers and colorful wool covers, has already made a name for itself in the home audio industry, recently clinching an industry award for its sleek design, and being compared to major competitor Bose Corp. for sound quality.

First-quarter revenue for video software manufacturer SeaChange International of Acton fell slightly over last year, but the company made a massive dent in its losses, trimming them by about 83 percent, to just above $3 million, the company reported.

Content security company Content Raven of Marlborough has secured more than $2 million in venture funding led by a Boston-based, early-stage venture capital firm.

Natick-based home care company New Century Homecare Services announced a rebranding initiative that includes a new name and logo.

Citing brutal winter weather slowing sales, Littleton-based equestrian retailer Dover Saddlery reported a decline in same-store sales of 8.1 percent.

Westborough-based RXi Pharmaceuticals said the first double-blind study of its anti-scarring treatment using healthy volunteers had positive results.