Archive for February 2021

It’s been more than two years since Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. earned U.S. approval for the world’s first drug based on a Nobel Prize-winning technology that can effectively silence any gene in the genome. But over the past year, it’s applied the same spirit of innovation to show how that science can form the basis of…

Within the decade, the Stoughton-based company plans to bring non-opioid painkillers to market. And while CEO Joe Ciaffoni doesn’t think those new drugs will ever fully replace the company’s line of opioids, he and his team are planning a robust pipeline of new painkillers for the late 2020s. Read More

The CEO of one of the nation’s most highly regarded technology consulting and staffing firms has been named the BBJ’s Citizens Middle Market Executive of the Year. Read More

For years, one thing has occupied the brains of Kush Parmar and Hans-Peter Kiem: how to make gene therapy, specifically gene editing using stem cells, accessible to people beyond just a select group of patients. Read More

The stakes are high for universities inviting students back in person this spring, especially among schools where a material number of students live off-campus and beyond the supervision of administrators. Read More

Larry Gottesdiener, the longtime chief executive of Newton-based real estate company Northland Investment Corp., will transition to chairman, handing day-to-day control of the company to his son. Read More

Good morning, Boston! No lawyers who look like cats here, but there are Five Things You Need to Know in Boston business, plus secret attics, people on the move, Black Boston restaurants and why more companies will qualify for this year’s Fast 50. Read More

A missed deadline to secure approval from Chinese antitrust officials cost Cisco Systems Inc. $1.9 billion. Read More

Human resources professionals and employment law experts have been busy making sense of the state’s new paid family and medical leave program for companies and workers since some of the new benefits kicked in. Read More