Technology

Framingham-based Alira Health has partnered with FORWARD, a national database for rheumatic diseases, to create an enhanced patient registry for autoimmune disease Lupus.

Prime Power Rentals of Millbury led the Central Massachusetts contingency of the Inc. 5000, Inc. magazine’s annual list of the fastest-growing companies in the nation.

United Medical Systems, a Westborough-based provider of mobile urology services to hospitals, has named Matthew Gattuso as the company’s new president.

Key players in the Central Mass. life science ecosystem are taking on a new initiative to help launch Worcester to the forefront of bioindustrial manufacturing.

A UMass Chan Medical School research initiative has received $600,000 in funding from National Institute of Justice to investigate the prison classification system through an equity lens.

The five-school University of Massachusetts system generated $8.3 billion for the Massachusetts economy in 2022, according to a Thursday report from the university.

Mustang Bio, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Worcester, has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to enter into clinical trials for a drug to treat glioblastoma, a highly aggressive form of brain cancer.

Boston Scientific, a Marlborough-based biomedical life sciences firm, is using electronic health records from 80 million U.S. patients to inform a new study into pulmonary embolism.

Southborough-based clinical research organization Veristat has acquired a New Jersey CRO, Instat Clinical Research, adding new abilities to transform data to its portfolio.

Worcester-based Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives officially opened its pilot biomanufacturing lab on Wednesday, which added 10 new laboratory spaces to the incubator in support of startups.