Archive for August 2021

Massachusetts grew older, less white and more populated during the past decade, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Read More

Rick Kidder, who serves as co-CEO of One SouthCoast, along with Michael O’Sullivan, recently reflected on the chamber’s origins, Covid-related challenges and current growth strategy with BBJ Associate Editor Sean McFadden. Read More

In the early 2000s, the process of forming a biotech company would typically go something like this: A scientist would discover or develop a novel asset, decide to form a company around it, then go about finding external funding and eventually build out the firm. Over the past two decades, the model has shifted. Read…

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Atea pulled in $60.4 million in revenue in the second quarter, mostly attributable to a $50 million milestone payment from Roche for positive results from a Covid-19 antiviral the two are jointly developing. Atea says its antiviral pill causes a "rapid decline in viral load," limiting the replication of SARS-CoV-2 in the lungs and potentially…

The South and West were big winners when it came to new housing. Here’s who gained and lost, according to the just-released Census data. Read More

RPT Realty has acquired three retail properties in Greater Boston for $220 million, with plans underway to acquire a fourth for $130 million. Read More

One of the state’s most powerful business lobbying groups is calling on the Baker administration to issue statewide mask requirements in light of the spread of the Delta variant. “It’d be great if government leaders would look to the CDC, look to the guidance from the public health community, and say, ‘This is what we…

Through workforce training and better public policy, we have an opportunity and an obligation to help those most hurt over the past year to rejoin a commonwealth that works for all its residents. Read More

The Museum of Science also announced Thursday that its employees would be required to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Read More