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HE A LTH • Summer 2019 5 UMass Memorial, nurses agree on new contract Nearly 1,400 union nurses at UMass Memorial Medical Center's University Campus have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract giving 6.7% in pay raises over four years. The new contract will increase staff on certain critical-care f loors, includ- ing what the Massachusetts Nurses Association said are critical care units and medical-care units, as well as for- mation of a committee to evaluate nurses' staffing concerns. The deal follows an identical agree- ment ratified at UMass' Memorial Campus, covering 960 nurses. Continued on Page 6 diagnosis, treatment, recovery and survivorship Advanced Cancer Care is just minutes away. 55 Sayles St., Southbridge MA | 508-764-2400 harringtonhospital.org/cancer Christopher Seidler, MD Medical Director Donna Kentley, PA-C Jeffrey Gordon, MD WBDC to call biotech park The Reactory The biomanufacturing park being built at the site of the former Worcester State Hospital will now be known as The Reactory, according to landowner Worcester Business Development Corp. The name of the facility comes after WBDC began working with Boston marketing firm Proverb to help with developing a brand and identity. The 46-acre site, purchased by the WBDC from the Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance in 2017 and 2018, is set to be the home of 530,000-square- feet of biotech space. A majority of the former state hospi- tal buildings are being demolished, but one 24,000-square-foot building, the Hale Building, will be repurposed for a biotech firm. The eight shovel-ready pad sites are now awaiting new tenants. So far, the WBDC has publicly dis- closed just one of those possible ten- ants: WuXi Biologics of China. The company is negotiating with WBDC on a $60-million facility to employ more than 150 people. It was a year ago today WuXi announced those plans. It's unclear what final details have yet to be worked out. UMass Memorial's science park in Worcester, which includes its University Campus A Multi- Disciplinary Approach to the Treatment of Migraines Dr. Herbert Markley 508-890-5633 www.nerhc.org New England Regional Headache Center 85 Prescott St. Suite 101 Worcester, MA 01605