An agency within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) tabbed Massachusetts as the host of its Investor Catalyst Hub. The federal Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) selected Massachusetts as the hub. It supports ARPA-H’s mission to foster collaboration among researchers, entrepreneurs and investors. Established as a separate entity inside the NIH in 2022, […]
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Sanofi unveils new campus in Massachusetts
Sanofi announced today that it is officially opening its new 900,000-square-foot campus at Cambridge Crossing in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The new campus brings together 2,500 Sanofi Massachusetts-based employees in a shared space. The goal is to improve collaboration between R&D, Medical, and the Specialty Care business unit — and grow a science-centered, patient-focused culture. The Paris-based […]
Markey wants COVID-19 test-makers to lower prices
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Massachusetts, has sent letters to CEOs of at-home COVID-19 test-makers, asking why tests are selling for as much as $12 apiece. In a letter sent today to Abbott CEO Robert Ford, for example, Markey cited a Reuters story from October 2021 in which British test-maker Mologic said that rapid antigen tests can […]
The MedTech Conference is coming to Boston in 2022
Trade group AdvaMed plans to return to an entirely in-person event for The MedTech Conference, with the annual event slated for Boston on October 24–26, 2022. AdvaMed in September 2021 held a hybrid event that included virtual sessions as well as live sessions in Minneapolis and Washington, D.C. (The year before — in pre-COVID vaccine […]
Moderna to build a new 462,000-square-foot facility in Massachusetts
Moderna (Nasdaq: MRNA) announced today that it will create a 462,000-square-foot Moderna Science Center just a half-mile drive from its present headquarters location in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Construction has started at 325 Binney St. Moderna plans to begin a phased move-in process in 2023. Alexandria Real Estate Equities — an urban office REIT — is handling […]
Vicarious Surgical opens new corporate HQ in Massachusetts
Vicarious Surgical announced today that it established a new corporate headquarters in Waltham, Mass. The company, which seeks to bring robotics and virtual reality to minimally invasive surgery, said in a news release that the new headquarters will expand its core business functions and house approximately 250 employees. With what the company describes as a […]
Where are the world’s medtech headquarters?
The world’s major medtech headquarters are concentrated in specific countries and regions: Germany, Japan, Northern California, Southern California, Massachusetts, Minnesota and more. That’s a major takeaway from an analysis of data from Medical Design & Outsourcing‘s Big 100 list of largest medical device companies in the world. Check out this heat map of where the […]
Gov. Deval Patrick’s life sciences legacy
Deval Patrick wanted to be known as the governor that "got it" when it came to 1 of Massachusetts’ most important industries, the life sciences sector, and he courted industry assiduously during his 8-year tenure as Bay State governor.
Patrick was ubiquitous at life science gatherings in the Commonwealth and abroad, delivering keynote addresses and showing up at various ribbon cuttings to work the room in his role as the industry’s biggest cheerleader.
Boston Scientific lands U.S., E.U. nods for Expect Slimline needle
Medtech titan Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) touted regulatory wins in the U.S. and the European Union for the Expect Slimline needle, designed to help biopsy tissue from organs near the gastrointestinal tract.
