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www.wbjournal.com October 12, 2015 • Worcester Business Journal 5 working together for stronger, healthier babies Sponsored By October 22, 2015 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Mechanics Hall 321 Main Street · Worcester, MA 01608 For more information or to attend, contact Patty Kady 508-329-2809 · PKady@marchofdimes.org Honoring, Patrick Hughes, CEO, Fallon Health Dr. Robert Johnson, President, Becker College Susan Mailman, President, Coghlin Electrical An evening to benefit babies and families. Save the date October 22, 2015 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Mechanics Hall 321 Main Street Worcester, MA 01608 For more information or to attend, contact Patty Kady (508) 329-2809 • PKady@marchofdimes.org An evening to benefit babies and families. Honoring, Patrick Hughes, CEO, Fallon Health Dr. Robert Johnson, President, Becker College Susan Mailman, President, Coghlin Electrical MARLBOROUGH — UMass Memorial-Marlborough Hospital has announced a nicotine-free hiring policy for new employees. Nicotine will now be included in the laboratory drug screening applicants undergo after receiving an offer of employment from Marlborough Hospital, according to hospital spokeswoman Ellen Carlucci. Drug screening is done in conjunction with the required pre-employment medical evaluation, she said. "Hiring nicotine-free employees is part of a larger effort to be a role model in our community by setting a healthy exam- ple," Francis Meringolo, vice president of human resources, said in a statement from the hospital. WORCESTER —Two independent research teams at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have worked out a key step in HIV-1 infec- tion — and their findings point to a possible way to fight the virus. Further, new treatments for other infections caused by similar enveloped viruses could be speeded by the discovery. Through different means, the two teams at the Worcester institution unraveled part of the mechanism of retroviral infection in host cells. The details could lead to the development of drugs target- ing one of the few proteins the HIV-1 virus makes from its own DNA: called Nef. Drugs would aim to take that pro- tein down. Nef, the researchers showed, disables two cell membrane proteins that otherwise protect the host by some- how impeding the virus's ability to rep- licate and spread to other cells. MARLBOROUGH — A push for a state bill to put more liability on the owners of underground storage tanks got a hearing at the Joint Committee on Financial Services recently. Rep. Danielle Gregoire introduced two fami- lies and a handful of Marlborough city councilors to the Joint Committee. Marlborough residents and city lead- ers cited landscape destruction, homes placed under environmental restrictions and the continuous loss of home equity as a result of a 2012 gasoline leak. For two and a half years, four families have coped with living on contaminated soil while the gas-station owner whose underground storage tank leaked fuel into the soil and groundwater, Gregoire said. The bill would require under- ground-storage tank owners to carry at least $10 million in liability insurance to pay for remediation of contamination. WORCESTER — Technocopia, a non- profit maker space in Worcester, will merge its operations with education center Worcester Think Tank and wood and machine shop IA Design as the organization prepares to move into the Printer's Building in downtown Worcester. Technocopia, now at 95 Prescott St., is a membership-based work space that features 3-D printing, a computer-controlled machine mill and a laser cutter while also offering classes. It was founded by WPI alumni to allow REGIONAL BRIEFS >> Continued from previous page REAL DEALS Real Deals highlights recent commercial property transactions in Central Massachusetts. Commercial real estate firms that want to submit information on transactions can send it to editorial@wbjournal.com, or fax it to 508-755-8860. Source: eClinicalWorks ADDRESS: 900 West Park Drive, Westborough AREA: 200,000 sq. ft. SALE PRICE: $21.2 million SELLER: EMC Corp. BUYER: eClinicalWorks local entrepreneurs to bring their con- cepts through the design phase and into production. The organization received its non-profit status in 2015, allowing the board to pursue additional funding toward program development for inner city youth and community projects in science, technology and the arts. HOPKINTON — The office building at 239 South St. in Hopkinton will be the new home of Gorman Richardson Lewis Architects and the Massachusetts office of Electronic Fluorocarbons, leas- ing out 8,009 square feet of space, according to Greater Boston Commercial Properties. The long-term lease of Gorman Richardson Lewis Architects will see the organization move from 77 Main St. in Hopkinton, where it has been located for the last 15 years. The organization will take over the 6,685-square-foot top floor of the three-story office property. Electronic Fluorocarbons has signed on to lease 1,324 square feet on the second floor of the building for its Massachusetts man- agement office of its manufacturing operations. SPENCER — Spencer-based FLEXcon announced that it has collaborated with Ellington, Conn.-based Action Packaging Systems to create a label resil- >> Continued on next page — Compiled by Sam Bonacci, Worcester Business Journal Staff Writer The 200,000-square-foot building will serve as an extension of the headquarters for eClinicalWorks. With its 900-employee headquarters a five-minute drive down the road, 1,000 employees will be added at the new site for the company, which currently has 4,300 employees worldwide. The headquarters will be split between the two buildings, although the functions at each site have not yet been confirmed.

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