Tag: life sciences
R.I. Hospital receives $11.8M federal grant to establish opioid research center
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital has received an $11.8 million federal grant to address the opioid epidemic by establishing the Center of Biomedical Research...
Rubius Therapeutics enters agreement to buy former Alexion site in Smithfield
SMITHFIELD – Rubius Therapeutics Inc., the Cambridge, Mass.-based company recently approved by the R.I. Commerce Corp. for up to $9 million in incentives to...
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...
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...
Dominion Diagnostics LLC
BEST PLACES TO WORK 2018
9. LARGE COMPANIES | Dominion Diagnostics LLC
Employees in R.I.: 295
CEO Robert M. Garvey Jr.
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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...
Miriam Hospital CFAR awarded $9.1M NIH grant
PROVIDENCE – The Miriam Hospital has been awarded a $9.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund continuing initiatives at its...
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...


















