The Burnham Institute for Medical Research announced FDA approval of Targretin to treat certain T-cell lymphomas
On Dec. 29, 1999, the Burnham Institute for Medical Research announced FDA approval of bexarotene (Targretin) to treat…
On Dec. 29, 1999, the Burnham Institute for Medical Research announced FDA approval of bexarotene (Targretin) to treat…
On Dec. 13, 1999, the University of Washington announced that Dr. Leroy Hood, chair of the Department of…
On Dec. 9, 1999, the diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine (Tripedia by Connaught) was licensed.
On Dec. 8, 1999, the National Cancer Institute published the new Atlas of Cancer Mortality, 1950-94, showing the…
On Dec. 2, 1999, Alvin and Ruth Siteman donated $35 to establish the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center…
On Dec. 2, 1999, the Genome Sequencing Center at Washington University ï¾– St. Louis completed sequencing of one…
On Nov. 29, 1999, “To Err is Human” report published was published by the Institute of Medicine, a…
On Nov. 23, 1999, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged a gift of $ 750 million over…
On Nov. 19, 1999, National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month was established with a declaration by the U.S. Senate,…
On Nov. 15, 1999, the FDA approved LASIK corrective eye surgery. LASIK stands for Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis…
On Oct. 27, 1999, Hoffmann-La Roche and Gilead Sciences announced that their drug Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate) had been…
On Oct. 27, 1999, Hoffmann-La Roche and Gilead Sciences announced that Rocheï¾’s TAMIFLU (oseltamivir phosphate) had been approved…
On Oct. 22, 1999, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) voted to withdraw their recommendation for rotavirus vaccine…
On Oct. 15, 1999, Wyeth-Lederle Vaccines announced that it was withdrawing the Rotashield vaccine from the market and…
On Oct. 12, 1999, the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) was founded in Seattle by Alan Aderem, Ruedi…
On Nov. 23, 199, the National Cancer Institute awarded nearly $8 million in grants toward the creation of…
On Sept. 30, 1999, the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, named for Marin County philanthropists Leonard and…
On Sept. 1, 1999, Princeton University researchers reported that they had genetically modified mice to have improved learning…
On Aug. 29, 1999, Merck, West Point, Pennsylvania) received approval from the FDA of a supplement to Merck’s…
On Aug. 11, 1999, researchers led by Stanford’s Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry, used a…
In August 1999, an outbreak of encephalitis caused by West Nile virus (WNV) was detected in New York…
On Jul. 29, 1999, Gilead Sciences and NeXstar Pharmaceuticals announced the closing of their agreement whereby Gilead acquired…
On Jul. 11, 1999, Daiichi Sankyo and Eli Lilly announced the FDA approved Effientï¾™(prasugrel) tablets for the reduction…
In Jul. 1999, the Biotechnology Industry Organization held BIO’99 in Seattle and the event attracted more than 5,700…
On Jun. 17, 1999, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) recommended exclusive use of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV)…
On Jun. 9, 1999, the Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center (VRC) was established at the National…
On Jun. 7 1999, NeoPath merged with AutoCyte to form TriPath Imaging based in Burlington, N.C. NeoPath was…
On May 25, 1999. the Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene, or STAR, one of the largest breast cancer…
On May 17, 1999, George Rathmann, Chair of Bothell-based ICOS Corp. and Chair Emeritus of Amgen, was named…
In April 1999, a pandemic planning framework was published by the World Health Organization (WHO) that emphasized the…