Alkermes Moving to Waltham

Alkermes, the Cambridge, MA-based developer of anti-addiction drugs, said today it has signed a lease to move its headquarters to Waltham, MA. The company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ALKS]]), which has more than 600 employees, plans to complete the move in early 2010. The move is supposed to save the company $8 million a year starting in fiscal 2011.

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