Archive for January 2023

The deal includes an upfront payment of $1.3 billion Read More

Ipsen is set to acquire Albireo Pharma Inc., the rare liver disease-focused biopharma spun out of AstraZeneca in 2008, for about $952 million. Read More

Christopher Oddleifson has led Rockland Trust for two decades, significantly expanding the bank through a series of more than a dozen acquisitions. Read More

Dr. Scott Sigman, an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist, has been on a mission for the last decade to find alternatives to opioids for pain management. He thinks he’s found the answer in lasers. Read More

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and state House Ways and Means Speaker Aaron Michlewitz jointly announced state funding for a new North End Community Center, replacing the existing BCYF Nazzaro Community Center. Read More

Vista Equity Partners has once again made a large investment in a Boston-area technology company. Read More

Amplify Latinx has named one of its co-founders as its first CEO and has planned a statewide expansion that is expected to more than double its staff this year. “We want to be the go-to organization when anyone thinks of Latino prosperity,” CEO Eneida Román said. Read More

The CEO of the Mass. chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association calls the FDA’s approval of Leqembi last week "a disease paradigm change." Read More

After a bounce back in November, employers’ confidence slid back down again in December, according to the state’s largest business association. Read More

The tenants of the soon-to-be-demolished Allston-Brighton rehearsal studio, the Sound Museum, are set to have a temporary practice space — but the Sound Museum won’t be running it. Read More