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State Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for 2024-12-04 ( 14 items )  
Creation of Informa TechTarget, the B2B Growth Accelerator for the Technology Sector (10)
NEWTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 4 -- TechTarget, a provider of data-driven marketing services to business-to-business technology vendors, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2024: * * * Informa TechTarget brings together market-shaping insights and expertise, audience scale, unique intent data, specialist content, and leading end-to-end go-to-market services for B2B technology vendors * * * The creation of Informa TechTarget was today confirmed, following the successful completion of th more PR

Foley Hoag Promotes 10 To Partnership (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 4 -- Foley Hoag, a law firm, issued the following news on Dec. 3, 2024: Foley Hoag LLP today announced the promotion of 10 lawyers to the partnership - Dr. Maya Elbert, James Gross, Dr. Ariana Harris, Stuart Knight, Kevin Lin, Emily Nash, Dr. Urszula Nowak, Leah Rizkallah, Dr. David Shore and Peter Tzeng - effective January 1, 2025. The promoted attorneys in Foley Hoag's New York, Boston, and Washington, D.C. offices represent the firm's areas of strategic focus, in more PR

Foley Hoag Represents Alloy Therapeutics in Strategic Collaboration With Takeda (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 4 -- Foley Hoag, a law firm, issued the following news: Foley Hoag LLP represented biotechnology ecosystem company Alloy Therapeutics Inc. ("Alloy") in a strategic collaboration and license agreement with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) ("Takeda") for the development of Takeda's proprietary induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) derived CAR-T cell platform (iCAR-T) and iPSC-derived CAR-NK platform (iCAR-NK). Under the agreement, Alloy gains  more PR

Goodwin Advises Relay Therapeutics in Exclusive Global License Agreement With Elevar Therapeutics for Up to $75 Million Upfront and in Regulatory Milestones and Up to $425 Million in Commercial Milestones (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 4 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Life Sciences team advised Relay Therapeutics, Inc. in its exclusive global license agreement with Elevar Therapeutics, Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of HLB Co., Ltd., to develop and commercialize lirafugratinib (RLY-4008), a selective small molecule inhibitor of fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) that is being developed for patients with FGFR2-driven cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) and other FGFR more PR

Goodwin Advises ThredUp on Completion of Divestiture of European Business (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 4 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Technology team advised ThredUp Inc. on the divestiture of its European business, Remix, in a management buyout transaction. The transaction closed simultaneously with the signing of the definitive agreement. ThredUp retains a minority interest in the Remix business following the divestiture. ThredUp is transforming resale with technology and a mission to inspire the world to think secondhand first. By more PR

Goodwin Advises Tubulis on Exclusive Option and License Agreement With Gilead to Develop ADC Candidate for Select Solid Tumor Target for $20 Million Upfront and Up to $445 Million in Additional Payments (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 4 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Life Sciences team advised Tubulis on an exclusive option and license agreement to discover and develop an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) against a solid tumor target with Gilead. Under the terms of the agreement, Tubulis will receive an upfront payment of $20 million and, if Gilead exercises its option, a separate option exercise fee of $30 million. In addition, Tubulis will be eligible for development more PR

Goodwin Represents the Initial Purchasers on Bitdeer's $400 Million 5.25% Convertible Senior Notes Offering (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 4 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: Goodwin's Capital Markets team represented the initial purchasers on Bitdeer Technologies Group's Rule 144A offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 5.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029. In connection with the offering, Goodwin advised an investment bank that executed a zero-strike call option with Bitdeer to create synthetic stock borrow for purchasers of the notes, which allowed for an in more PR

MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics and AWESOME Launch Applications for the AWE MIT Fellowship for MIT SCM Class of 2026 (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 4 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Transportation and Logistics issued the following news release: The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL) and AWESOME (Achieving Women's Excellence in Supply Chain Operations, Management, and Education), an industry-leading organization for senior-level women in supply chain, are pleased to announce the opening of applications for the Advancing Women through Education (AWE) MIT Fellowship for the  more PR

MIT: Data Designer Driven to Collaborate With Communities (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Associate Professor Catherine D'Ignazio thinks carefully about how we acquire and display data -- and why we lack it for many things. * * * By Peter Dizikes, MIT News It is fairly common in public discourse for someone to announce, "I brought data to this discussion," thus casting their own conclusions as empirical and rational. It is less common to ask: Where did the data more PR

MIT: Photonic Processor Could Enable Ultrafast AI Computations With Extreme Energy Efficiency (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Dec. 2, 2024: * * * This new device uses light to perform the key operations of a deep neural network on a chip, opening the door to high-speed processors that can learn in real-time. * * * By Adam Zewe, MIT News The deep neural network models that power today's most demanding machine-learning applications have grown so large and complex that they are pushing the limits of tra more PR

MIT: Q&A - Transforming Research Through Global Collaborations (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following Q&A on Dec. 2, 2024, with Josephine Carstensen, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, and David McGee, professor in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences: * * * Josephine Carstensen and David McGee discuss the value and impact that MIT Global Seed Funds, which create synergistic partnerships between faculty and peers abroad, added to their rese more PR

N.H. PUC Issues Order Involving Pennichuck Water Works (10)
CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 4 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following water order (No. 27,082) on Dec. 2, 2024, involving Pennichuck Water Works Inc.: * * * Petition for Approval of Special Contract with Tyngsborough Water District Order Nisi Approving Special Contract and Granting Motion for Confidential Treatment In this Order Nisi, the Commission approves a second special contract reached between Pennichuck Water Works, Inc. (PWW) and the Tyngsborough (Massa more PR

Ropes & Gray Advises The Baupost Group on Joint Venture With KKR to Purchase Marriott UK Hotel Portfolio From ADIA (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 4 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray has advised leading investment firm The Baupost Group on a joint venture purchase, together with KKR, of a portfolio of 33 Marriott hotels across the UK from a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). Amante Capital, KKR's vertically integrated European hospitality platform, will serve as managing partner for the joint venture and the properties will continue as pre more PR

VHB to Help Navigate New MA Draft Stormwater Permit for Existing Sites (10)
WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Dec. 4 -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, issued the following news: * * * VHB's permitting team can help interpret and plan for the new permit's impact. * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued a draft of the new Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional (CII) Stormwater General Permit for properties within the Charles, Mystic, and Nep more PR