With construction slated to begin this spring, Alkermes’ new, 220,000-square-foot laboratory and office facility will enable the company to expand both its research and development capabilities and comfortably accommodate its growing staff. Davis Marcus Partners has announced they will develop the new building for Alkermes on the company’s Reservoir Woods Campus in Waltham. The new […]

The Boston Area Chapter wishes a Happy 40th Birthday to Biogen, one of the first biotech companies and one of the only still surviving as a stand alone entity four decades later. To quote from the Biogen website, “Biogen discovers, develops, and delivers worldwide innovative therapies for people living with serious neurological and neurodegenerative diseases. […]

The Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MassBio®) has announced a new policy to ensure speakers and panelists at all MassBio events are diverse and to encourage those conferences the organization participates in to do the same, effective immediately. This is part of MassBio’s ongoing leadership to improve diversity and inclusion in the life sciences industry. “What I […]

The Massachusetts Biotechnology Education Foundation (MassBioEd) has released its 2018 Job Trends Forecast, which provides an overview of hiring demands in the life sciences industry in Massachusetts, as well as projections of employment growth by sector and occupation. In its third year, the report also includes findings from MassBioEd’s annual survey of industry employers, which […]

Sanofi is investing more than $300 million in its Framingham, Massachusetts, plant as it continues a global manufacturing transformation that at some plants leans heavily on robots and digital processes. But more robots translates into fewer people and so the company will cut nearly 100 jobs at the site even as it expands capacity. Sanofi […]