While macroeconomic issues continue to strain the life sciences market, local problems have also begun to impact Massachusetts' biotech sector, worrying state leaders about the future of its workforce. Gov. Maura Healey and MassBio CEO Kendalle Burlin O'Connell said Tuesday morning that issues of housing affordability and narrow access to job opportunities have put pressure on the state's biotech workforce. They said Massachusetts' competitiveness might be on the line, but they have ideas on how to address the issues. 
"Closer to home, we have major statewide threats to our economic viability," Burlin O'Connell said at the organization's State of Possible Conference Tuesday. "The high cost of living and doing business here, the crisis of both housing availability and affordability, and same with childcare.”An issue across the state, housing affordability has…  Read the full story here. | 
