The FDA approved the first US HIV test system using oral fluid samples
On Dec. 23, 1994, the FDA announced the approval of the first U.S. HIV test system using oral…
On Dec. 23, 1994, the FDA announced the approval of the first U.S. HIV test system using oral…
On Dec. 8, 1994, the Lion’s Eye Bank of Washington, Northern Idaho and Alaska announced that they had…
On Nov. 28, 1994, the typhoid Vi polysaccharide inactivated injectable polysaccharide vaccine (Typhim Vi by Aventis Pasteur) was…
On Oct. 26, 1994, a 12-year-old boy from Everett underwent the first heart transplant at Children’s Hospital and…
On Oct. 25. 1994, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act was enacted establishing specific labeling requirements, provided…
On Oct. 7, 1994, a strong candidate for the 17q-linked BRCA1 gene, which influences susceptibility to breast and…
On Sept. 29, 1994, based on recommendations of the national certification committees and after review of surveillance and…
On Sept. 8, 1994, ZymoGenetics dedicated Seattle’s historic Lake Union Steam Plant. The renovated 113,000 s.f. plant doubled…
On Aug.. 26, 1994, the plague struck Surat, a city in the state of Gujarat in western India,…
On Aug. 20, 1994, the entire Western Hemisphere was certified as “polio-free” by the International Commission for the…
On Aug. 1, 1994, the ZymoGenetics Lake Union Steam Plant and Hydro House were designated City of Seattle…
On Jun. 16, 1994, the University of Washington and ZymoGenetics scientists reported in Nature the discovery, isolation and…
On May 17, 1994 the U.S. FDA approved of the first genetically modified food: the “Flavr Savr” tomato…
On Apr. 14, 1994, the Alpha-Tocopherol Beta-Carotene (ATBC) Cancer Prevention Study found no benefit from the use of…
On Apr. 4, 1994, the Washington State Sales Tax Exemption for High Technology R&D/Manufacturing was signed by Governor…
On Mar. 3, 1994, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced award grants for three…
In Mar. 1994, Penn Medicine’s Dr. Joel Goldwein established OncoLink, the first cancer information site on the Internet,…
On Feb. 25, 1994, the FDA announced it could consider regulating nicotine in cigarettes as a drug, in…
In 1994, an infectious molecular clone of a human T-cell leukemia virus was developed by Washington University –…
In 1994, CyberKnife developed by John Adler, MD and colleagues at Stanford University. CyberKnife’s special quality is that…
In 1994, Bristol-Myers Squibb’s PRAVACHOL (pravastatin sodium) was granted expanded usage from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
In 1994, the Science Coalition was founded. The Science Coalition is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of more than…
In 1994, Omeros Corp. was founded in Seattle as a biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing…
In 1994, the Medical Research Foundation (MRF) became an affiliate committee of the Oregon Health & Science University…
In 1994, The Oregon Regional Primate Research Center joins OHSU as an affiliate research institute.
In 1994, Albert Einstein College of Medicine becomes the only New York City medical school selected by the…
In 1994, completed its acquisition of Union Pharmacologique Scientifique Appliquee (UPSA), a leading manufacturer of pharmaceutical and consumer…
In 1994, National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR) founded with support from Senator Pete Domenici as an independent…
In 1994, The Biotechnology Council of New Jersey (BCNJ) was founded. BioNJ is a network of 400 member…
In 1994, Amgen announced it had acquired Boulder-based Synergen for a $239.6-million. The facility was renamed LakeCentre and…