Archive for December 2022

Sudders held the role of secretary of Health and Human Services for eight years, and led the state through the Covid-19 pandemic. Her successor will have big issues of equity, affordability to tackle, as well as a crushing workforce shortage. Read More

Tim Rowe sat down with BostInno to discuss opening new workspaces during the pandemic, how they pick the next innovation campus location and more. Read More

Good morning, Boston. Here are the five things you need to know in Boston business news to start your day and the puns generated by a contest to name highway equipment. Read More

Gene therapy firm bluebird bio can move forward with a study designed to test the drug lovo-cel in pediatric patients with sickle-cell disease Read More

The Boston Business Journal held four panel discussions with more than a dozen business leaders, executives and policy experts in its 2022 Race, Equity and Business event series. You can see replays of those exclusive events here. Read More

Seattle-based biotech Kineta Inc. has completed its reverse merger with Boston-based biotech Yumanity Therapeutics Inc. The Seattle-based biotech says that with the new funding it expects to have runway through mid-2024. Read More

A cannabis dispensary. An iconic e-commerce marketplace. Several biotechnology companies, including one that went public in 2019. They are all among the casualties of the past year. Read More

The linkage fees, like those required in Boston and Cambridge, would go towards affordable housing initiatives. Watertown must still take other steps to make them a reality. Read More

The state’s clean energy employers have recovered about 2/3 of the 20,000 jobs lost during the height of the pandemic, and growth in the $28 billion industry continues to outpace the state’s overall economy, according to a new report from MassCEC. Read More

Comcast Cable’s Northeast region covers 14 states, from Virginia to Maine. It serves about 8 million customers and employs some 24,000 people. Read More