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The Rhode Island Life Science Hub continued its early-stage funding campaign by authorizing six new grant awards.
Dr. Mark Turco is president and CEO of the Rhode Island Life Science Hub, a quasi-public economic development organization.
PROVIDENCE – Vertex Pharmaceuticals is laying off 125 employees across Providence and consolidating its three buildings in the state into one. The layoffs will be effective on Aug. 5.
PROVIDENCE – Vertex Pharmaceuticals is laying off 125 employees across Providence and consolidating its three buildings in the state into one. The layoffs will be effective on Aug. 5. The ...
The company is merging its three buildings at its Providence, Rhode Island campus into one and leaving behind 125 staffers after a recent phase 1/2 fail. Vertex is trimming its Rhode Island ...
According to a Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification written by Vertex to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training, these layoffs are effective Aug. 5.
PROVIDENCE — As Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. looks to consolidate its properties around Rhode Island, executives told state officials they plan to slash dozens of jobs and shutter two offices ...
The biotech, known as the developer of the first CRISPR drug, will consolidate sites in the state as it stops developing a diabetes cell therapy.
The state health laboratories conduct a quiet but important work in keeping Rhode Island healthy. Their working space is ...
Currently, apps from DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, ESPN Bet and even Providence-based Bally's can only be used if you cross states lines to Massachusetts. Rhode Islanders spend $38 per adult ...