Archive for November 2022
For Lexington’s UniQure, hemophilia gene therapy approval is a comeback story
For Lexington-based UniQure NV, Hemgenix — the first drug approved by the FDA for hemophilia B — is a comeback story. Read More
Read MoreBoston private equity firm HarbourVest closes sixth co-investment fund at $4.2B
The $4.2B will be invested in companies across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and select emerging markets. Read More
Read MoreComing soon: The big credit squeeze
As the Federal Reserve tries desperately to bring down the rate of inflation, consumers are using a previously-used tactic to finance and offset higher costs – credit. The question is will they be able to pay back their debts? Read More
Read MoreHospitality Homes helps families seeking medical care in Boston
Coming out of Covid, Hospitality Homes took a big hit. The nonprofit is looking for more volunteers and hosts to keep the nonprofit going strong. Read More
Read MoreViewpoint: Private sector is key to landing Biden’s Cancer Moonshot
Brooks Tingle, president and CEO of John Hancock Insurance, calls for increasing access to cancer diagnostic tests. Read More
Read MoreWinklevoss twins invest in Boston startup’s new misinformation-combatting search engine
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, known in Boston as the identical twins who co-founded a site called HarvardConnection (renamed ConnectU) and then sued Mark Zuckerberg for stealing their idea to build Facebook, are backing a Boston-based startup. Read More
Read MoreMass. may beat California for IPOs this year for the first time since 2003
The number of IPOs in the Golden State is down 89% from last year. Read More
Read MoreEversource: ‘Drastic change’ needed to electrify Cambridge buildings by 2035
A hearing this week marked the first time that leaders from Eversource, the utility that will need to ready Cambridge’s grid for an electrified future, presented publicly on what it would take to make an emissions-reduction proposal a reality. Read More
Read MoreThe Largest Credit Unions in Massachusetts
The list consists of federally insured credit unions, ranked by total assets as of June 30, 2022. Information was obtained from federally insured credit union call report data collected by the National Credit Union Administration. Read More
Read MoreFormer Boston chamber chair retiring from Weber Shandwick
Micho Spring, a longtime Boston public relations representative and former chair of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, is stepping down from her role with the firm Weber Shandwick at the end of the year. Read More
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