Tags: Life Science

Broad, Harvard researchers win Breakthrough Prize, known as ‘Oscars of Science’

Broad, Harvard researchers win Breakthrough Prize, known as ‘Oscars of Science’

By Hannah Green  Two Massachusetts researchers are among the recipients of an award known as the “Oscars of Science” for their contributions to the life sciences.  David Liu and Alberto Ascherio were recognized on Saturday with the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.  Ascherio is a professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of […]

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By one key measure, Boston’s lab market is in as rough shape as the pandemic-battered office market

By one key measure, Boston’s lab market is in as rough shape as the pandemic-battered office market

By Jon Chesto When demand for office space cratered during the COVID-19 pandemic, many developersdoubled down on building lab space instead. Lately, it sure seems like they went overboard. With newly builtlife sciences buildings hitting the market at a much faster rate than they can be filled, the availability of lab space in Greater Boston […]

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Life sciences VC funding rebounds in 2024. But in Mass., it’s not so rosy.

Life sciences VC funding rebounds in 2024. But in Mass., it’s not so rosy.

By Hannah Green Venture capital funding to life sciences companies appears to be rebounding nationally after a few down years, according to new data from Pitchbook and the National Venture Capital Association. But that’s not the case among Massachusetts life sciences companies.  Nationally, life sciences companies brought in $19.3 billion in the first six months of 2024. Last […]

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Charles River Labs to open accelerator and development lab in Somerville

Charles River Labs to open accelerator and development lab in Somerville

By Hannah Green  Charles River Labs has a new facility coming to Somerville next month. The Wilmington-based contract research company is opening a Charles River Accelerator and Development Lab (CRADL) site on Chestnut Street in Somerville at the end of July.  Charles River Laboratories International Inc. (NYSE: CRL) provides products and services to pharma and biotech companies to […]

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First-ever CRISPR drug, made by two Boston companies, is approved in the US

First-ever CRISPR drug, made by two Boston companies, is approved in the US

By Rowan Walrath In a first for the Nobel Prize-winning gene-editing technology, a CRISPR-based drug has been approved in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration gave the green light Friday to exa-cel, a drug made by two Boston-based companies, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: VRTX) and CRISPR Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: CRSP). It will be marketed under […]

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