Archive for July 2021

Less than two months before many employers are planning for workers to return to the office, the rise in Covid-19 cases nationwide due to the new, more-contagious Delta variant is spurring some Boston-area employers to rethink plans to return after Labor Day. Read More

Berkshire Grey is the latest Bay State company to become publicly traded following the completion of a SPAC deal at a time many other local tech companies have followed the same path to the public markets. Read More

Microbiome startup Seres Therapeutics’ shares are in a free fall after the company announced that its ulcerative colitis drug had failed in a mid-stage clinical trial. Read More

The Cambridge drug company reported in its quarterly earnings Thursday that its revenue has dropped 25% over the last year, but investors are still bullish. In fact, the Cambridge biotech has upped its financial guidance by a minimum of $2 million for the 2021 fiscal year, bolstered by its growing multiple sclerosis portfolio and an…

Korean-Americans own roughly 70% of beauty supply stores in the U.S., but 100% of these stores market and carry hair and beauty products needed by Black women. A Boston-based wig company owned by Black women, and for Black women, is looking to change that. Read More

Universities and colleges across the nation are starting to rethink tenure processes — conversations that became more urgent during the Covid-19 pandemic when budget pressures led to thousands of campus layoffs and furloughs, creating a sense of uncertainty for non-tenured faculty. Read More

Berger-Sweeney said she is committed to diversifying Trinity’s faculty and improving relations with its hometown of Hartford, Connecticut — a rocky coexistence that dates back decades. Read More

The state has unveiled its plan to pay the $7 billion cost of the interest on money it borrowed to cover unemployment costs caused by the pandemic. And as happens all too often, the burden of that fix falls on businesses. Read More

While some in the life sciences industry create drugs and devices to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, their colleagues are busy as ever raising money, testing new drugs, expanding facilities and more. Here’s The Petri Dish, a roundup of news that may get overlooked amid the influx of Greater Boston life sciences and health care happenings.…