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Massachusetts plants seed for new biotech destination
Plans call for the Massachusetts Accelerator for Biomanufacturing to attract a host of startups and companies that will hopefully put the small city on the biotech map.
As tax looms, device companies mull layoffs, cuts
A substantial number of medical device manufacturers are already looking at price hikes, cost cuts and layoffs as a way to live with a new industry tax slated to hit next year, according to a new KPMG survey.
Sanofi slams doors on Genzyme's Cambridge, U.K., outfit
As part of an ongoing restructuring effort, Sanofi ( $SNY ) is shuttering Genzyme 's Cambridge, U.K., R&D operation by the end of the year.
MA anticipates bioprocess job increase
Massachusetts expects a rise in biomanufacturing employment in the next year, a surprising bright spot given the state's strong orientation toward bio R&D. Both Bristol-Myers Squibb ( $BMY ) and
Sanofi sharpening budget ax in ongoing R&D restructuring effort
The news last week that Sanofi ( $SNY ) is reconfiguring its U.S. R&D operations in New Jersey and Massachusetts could be a harbinger of deep cuts for its European arena. The U.K.'s Business Weekly
Termeer launches cancer research center with $10M in seed cash
Biotech pioneer Henri Termeer can now add a startup to his resume. After recently retiring from Genzyme in the wake of the big Sanofi buyout, Termeer is seeding the Henri and Belinda Termeer Center
Thermo Fisher launches Biomarker Translational Center
A year ago, mass spectrometry experts Thermo Fisher Scientific ( $TMO ) helped launch a new Biomarker Research Center in Tokyo. Now, the company is doing the same thing a little closer to home, with
Another AG sues J&J over Risperdal marketing
Add one to the tally of states suing Johnson & Johnson ( $JNJ ) for alleged marketing violations. Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has tossed her hat into the Risperdal marketing ring,
Sen. Brown accuses an arbitrary FDA of "crushing" biotechs
Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown is mad as hell at the FDA, and he's not taking it quietly. According to the senator, U.S. regulators often aren't mentally sharp enough to understand the drugs and
Restaurateurs join call to lift MA gift ban
Restaurant owners in Massachusetts are once again calling on lawmakers to lift the ban on pharma gifts. Whether they'll succeed this time is anyone's guess, but their plea for a partial rollback of
