Technology

Researchers at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester are collaborating with the federal Home Test to Treat program for COVID-19 and the flu. 

Hopkinton’s Isto Biologics completed a merger with a California biologics company known for innovation in October.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has launched a new MBA program in analytics. The coursework aims to equip students with analytics tools specifically for science, technology, engineering, and math, and will begin in the fall 2024 semester.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute will soon offer a master’s degree in artificial intelligence.

Worcester incubator Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives has entered a sponsorship with Thermo Fisher Scientific in Waltham, which will support an updated and state-of-the-art instrument suite at the Worcester startup hub.

Researchers from UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester will lead work on a maternal mental health equity study using a $21-million grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute in Washington, D.C.

Waters Corp., a Milford-based manufacturer of scientific equipment, has opened a new global capacity center in Bengaluru, India, one of the company’s rapidly growing markets.

Chicago-based biotech giant AbbVie, which has a large bioresearch facility in Worcester, will acquire Waltham’s ImmunoGen and its flagship ovarian cancer treatment drug in an more than $10-billion transaction.

Marlborough-based ReWalk Robotics, a firm that develops assistive walking devices, has added artificial intelligence capabilities to its next prototype.

Marlborough medical device and technology firm Boston Scientific has completed its acquisition of a Minnesota-based medical company and its chronic low back pain treatment technology.