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. Venture capital needs to 'stop the train in Providence,' Mark Turco said.

Vertex lays off 125 staffers, slims Rhode Island campus after ditching failed diabetes cell-device combo By Zoey Becker Jun 11, 2025 10:38am Vertex Pharmaceuticals biotech layoffs layoffs Rhode Island ...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals to lay off 125 Rhode Island workers. What we know. The program failed to prove effective in an initial clinical study Wheeler Cowperthwaite Providence Journal 0:00 ...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals to lay off 125 Rhode Island workers. What we know. Wheeler Cowperthwaite, Providence Journal Tue, Jun 10, 2025, 2:08 PM2 min read ...

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.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Vertex Pharmaceuticals is laying off 125 workers in Rhode Island. According to a Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification (WARN) letter sent by Vertex to the R.I ...

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 pharmaceutical company Vertex is laying off 125 employees in Rhode Island and consolidating offices, following the discontinuation of a Type 1 diabetes study. According to a company ...

GoLocalProv Business Team View Larger + Vertex. PHOTO: Company Vertex Pharmaceuticals is laying off 125 employees in Rhode Island. This is a major blow to the Rhode Island biotech sector.

The layoffs will heavily focus on the company’s Rhode Island operations, where 125 employees will be affected, as per the state’s WARN posting. There, Vertex is consolidating its three Providence ...