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The Lack of Homes Could Strangle Our Life Sciences Industry
Why the concentration of biopharma in Cambridge and Boston would ratchet up costs, exacerbate the housing crisis, and pitch the region from its throne. BY CAMERON SPERANCE | GLOBE CORRESPONDENT With Greater Boston’s life science [...]
WuXi quintuples Worcester investment to $300M
Chinese life sciences firm Wuxi Biologics has increased the value of its investment in its Worcester facility from the original $60 million to now $300 million. WuXi held a topping off ceremony for the new [...]
Worcester Identified As A Best Market For Accessing Life Sciences Research Talent
The smaller markets, such as Worcester, MA, benefit from similar strengths (highly educated talent and significant concentrations of life science researchers), but also from their proximity to Boston/Cambridge and New York/New Jersey. Read more: https://bit.ly/CBRELSTALENT
QCC, AbbVie Receive $500k For Biotech Workforce Training
Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester has received $500,000 to support workforce development in the biotechnology industry, part of $2 million in Massachusetts Workforce Success Grants. Read more: https://www.wbjournal.com/article/qcc-abbvie-receive-500k-for-biotech-workforce-training
AbbVie To Help Build Worcester Middle School STEM Lab
More than 150 employees from the Worcester facility of Illinois pharmaceutical company AbbVie is building a STEM lab for Forest-Grove Middle School in Worcester. Read more: https://www.wbjournal.com/article/abbvie-to-help-build-worcester-middle-school-stem-lab
Life Sciences, Biotech Booming In Worcester
Worcester Telegram & Gazette May 2022 "The expansion at The Reactory is expected to be complete by the first half of 2023, with construction already ahead of the curve. When the prospective tenant is found, [...]