This Week’s Xconomy Report on WGBH: Security Innovation, Vertex, West Coast Acquisitions, & More

Our exciting partnership with the folks at WGBH continues. Check out this morning’s Xconomy report—a roundup of business, technology, and life sciences news that airs every Friday at 7:49am on 89.7 FM.

Today’s news: Wilmington, MA-based Security Innovation is involved in a transportation safety project that will test a wireless collision avoidance system for cars. Third Rock Ventures put $35 million behind Sage Therapeutics. Vertex Pharmaceuticals is seeking FDA approval for a drug that offers a new way to treat cystic fibrosis. And two Boston-area tech companies are being bought out by West Coast giants.

Author: Lilly O'Flaherty

Prior to joining Xconomy, Lilly spent five years in the public programs department of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, providing event marketing and management support for lectures, symposiums, and a series of evening events called Gardner After Hours. During her time at the Gardner Museum she also studied at the University of Massachusetts Boston on a full tuition scholarship from the Boston Globe Foundation, receiving her Bachelor’s degree in English and Art History in Spring 2011. She developed a keen interest in all things media during her tenure as the editor-in-chief of UMass Boston’s student magazine, Lux, where she covered student and faculty research.