Featured Story | By Zoey Becker As Biogen's sales tumble in the wake of its troubled Aduhelm launch, the company is looking to exit some office space in the Boston area. Biogen has listed more than 183,500 square feet of office space for sublease at one of its five buildings in Cambridge, Massachusetts. read more |
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