Posts by ericg

Boston-based law firm Foley Hoag LLP has scooped up a team from Cooley LLP to enhance its life sciences and IP practices. The team is led by Amy Baker Mandragouras, who joins the firm as a partner. Read More

The state’s intention to create a more equitable cannabis industry here isn’t working out as intended. It’s time to remove the red tape that’s holding back equity applicants. Read More

Between the MBTA’s woes and remote and hybrid work policies, suburban chambers of commerce see a unique opportunity to draw new businesses and employees. Read More

A partnership between Boston Beer, maker of Samuel Adams, and a national nonprofit has given out $100 million in loans to thousands of small businesses across the country. Read More

Kevin Knobloch, 66, will be based in Somerville but plans to travel often to the climate-tech incubator’s Houston location. Read More

Nations, institutions and businesses may soon turn to self-regulation over AI, and the algorithms governing academic journals publishing is a decent model, writes Chris Kenneally of the Copyright Clearance Center. Read More

Akston Biosciences Corporation is set to focus on drugs for animals, including insulin for dogs and cats, a cancer drug for dogs and a chronic pain drug for dogs. Read More

Some welcome news for bluebird bio: The FDA will not convene an advisory committee of outside experts to discuss lovo-cel, the company’s experimental gene therapy for sickle-cell disease, before it issues a final decision on the drug in December. Plus, other life sciences news you might have missed. Read More

The conversation has shifted from hiring CFOs and fractional, or part-time, financial leaders with a "grow fast and furious" mentality to a more long-term, strategic mind-set with an emphasis on operational skills. Some recruiters and founders said they’ve even seen an increase in requests for financial leaders, making it more difficult to fill this key…

It’s significantly more expensive to receive health care at an academic medical center, such as Massachusetts General Hospital, than it is to receive care in a community hospital, new data confirms. Hospital executives say they recognize how much more expensive it is to care for patients in larger hospitals, and they are making efforts to…