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the prop: This pair of hand-decorated pumps with New England Patriots logos and red sequin trim took Tracy Schorner about three hours to make. She’s worn them to work during the playoffs and when she and friends watch a game together.  / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Tracy Schorner, 37

SENIOR MANAGER, MANUFACTURING – AMGEN RHODE ISLAND Where do you see yourself professionally in 20 years? Hopefully doing something impactful, rewarding and challenging, though part...

BBJ: Rubius Therapeutics raises $241M in IPO, highest for biotech company...

PROVIDENCE – Cambridge, Mass.-based Rubius Therapeutics Inc. raised $241 million in its initial public offering Wednesday, the highest for a biotechnology company in Massachusetts...
THE R.I. COMMERCE CORP. board of directors will consider $399,330 in Innovation Vouchers and $225,000 in Network Matching Grants. Above, Jesse Saglio, president of Commerce RI. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Commerce RI board approves $399K in innovation vouchers

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. met Thursday afternoon and approved Innovation Vouchers for eight companies and Network Matching Grants for two companies. Commerce RI...

Amgen’s focus on its employees’ future a workplace plus

BEST PLACES TO WORK 2018 1. ENTERPRISE | Amgen Rhode Island Employees in R.I.: 640 Tia Bush, vice president of site operations The 640 employees at West Greenwich...
EMPOWERED: Employees gather outside Dominion Diagnostics’ North Kingstown headquarters to celebrate the company’s 20th anniversary. / COURTESY DOMINION DIAGNOSTICS LLC

Dominion Diagnostics LLC

BEST PLACES TO WORK 2018 9. LARGE COMPANIES | Dominion Diagnostics LLC Employees in R.I.: 295 CEO Robert M. Garvey Jr. Questions answered by: Robert M. Garvey Jr. What...
The CENTER FOR NEURORESTORATION and Neurotechnology at the Providence V.A. received a five-year $4.5 million funding renewal. Above, Benjamin Greenberg, associate director of the VA Rehabilitation Research and Development Service's Center Neurorestoration and Neurotechnology, or CfNN, left, and Leigh Hochberg, Brown engineering professor and the center's director. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY/WINFIELD DANIELSON

Neuroscience center at Providence V.A. gets $4.5M funding renewal

PROVIDENCE – The Rehabilitation Research and Development Center for Neuroresotration and Neurotechnology at the Providence V.A. Medical Center, or CfNN, received a five-year, $4.5...
EPIVAX HAS WON a $324,000 grant to develop a web tool that will quickly determine whether Pompe disease patients are at risk for an immune response to enzyme replacement therapy.

EpiVax wins $324K NIH grant to improve Pompe disease treatment

PROVIDENCE — EpiVax Inc. has received a $324,980 Small Business Innovation Research grant to continue development of a web-based test for people at risk...
CADENCE has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by the equity firm Kohlberg & Company.

Cadence to be acquired by N.Y.-based equity firm

CRANSTON – Cadence Inc., the Staunton, Va.-headquartered end-to-end engineering and manufacturing service company with an operation in Cranston has entered an agreement to be...
A BELIEVER IN RHODE ISLAND: Amgen Rhode Island vice president of operations Tia Bush said that the company's decision to build a new plant in Rhode Island was "a testament to our skilled, dedicated workforce" at the company's West Greenwich manufacturing facility. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Tax incentives are back in the news with Commerce RI granting...

The R.I. Commerce Corp. has approved up to $9.2 million in incentives for Amgen Inc. to build a $165 million biomanufacturing plant in West...
PREPARING FOR SUCCESS: Amgen Rhode Island senior associates Devon Zayas, left, and Scott Lyons conduct a safety check prior to using a bioreactor at the company’s West Greenwich facility. / PBN PHOTO/
RUPERT WHITELEY

Commerce RI approves incentives for new Amgen biomanufacturing facility

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp on Tuesday approved approximately $8.2 million in incentives with the possibility for up to $9.4 million in incentives for...
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