Tag: Biotech
Mass.-based biotech firm looks to expand to former Rubius facility in Smithfield
PROVIDENCE – A Massachusetts-based biotechnology firm is seeking to spend $97.5 million to establish a manufacturing operation at the former Rubius Therapeutics facility in...
Panel: R.I. biotech sector has catching up to do
Like most leading voices in Rhode Island’s emerging life sciences sector, Neil D. Steinberg doesn’t try to deceive himself on Rhode Island’s standing in...
Amgen reports $767M profit in Q4 despite declining sales of Enbrel
WEST GREENWICH – Amgen Inc. on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $767 million despite declining sales for Enbrel, the rheumatoid-arthritis drug that is manufactured...
Report: Life sciences industry has room to grow in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – A $45 million investment to jump-start the Ocean State's position in the booming life sciences industry was left intact when the House Finance...
EpiVax, Greenlight partner to produce mRNA cancer treatments
PROVIDENCE – Technology developed by EpiVax Therapeutics Inc. will power a new effort to produce individualized, mRNA vaccine-based cancer treatments in a partnership with...
R.I. misses out on $1B in federal funding for economic projects
WASHINGTON (AP) – Ambitions to jump-start the state’s biotech and blue economies with multi-millions in federal funding were dashed on Friday after neither Rhode...
EYES ON THE PRIZE: 2 key R.I. sectors could get $100M...
Ian Estaphan Owen launched a marine robotics company less than two years ago with the aim of helping combat the effects of climate change.
But...
Ocean State starting to see growth in biotech industry
RI BIO, a Providence-based biotechnology trade association, is on a mission to put Rhode Island on the biotech industry’s map. Despite the state having...
Amgen Rhode Island workers reap rewards of ‘Caring’
Best Places to Work 2019 | ENTERPRISE (500-plus employees):
1. Amgen Rhode Island
WITH CAREFUL PLANNING, Amgen Rhode Island is utilizing innovation to get its...
Industry report: R.I. well-positioned for biotech growth
PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island fares well on concentrations of biotech jobs and per capita research spending in a 2018 biotechnology industry report commissioned by...