Market Highlights

• Takeda Pharmaceuticals, the largest life sciences employer in Massachusetts, has announced plans to lay off over 600 employees in Cambridge and Lexington.
• Discovery Life Sciences celebrated the opening of its new 53,000-square-foot (sf) office and laboratory facility in Malden, marking its third location in the Boston-Cambridge area.
• Boston Scientific, a leading medical device company based in Marlborough, has announced its acquisition of Silk Road Medical for $1.3 billion. Silk Road Medical specializes in products designed to reduce stroke risk in patients with artery disease.

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