On Jun. 29, 2006, researchers at the National Cancer Institute have identified a link between inherited and acquired…
On Jun. 27, 2006, Johnsonï¾ &ï¾ Johnson announced it had acquired Pfizer Consumer Healthcare for $16.6 billion, which…
On Jun. 27, 2006, the U.S. Surgeon General released a report on the harmful health consequences of involuntary…
On Jun. 8, 2006, the FDA approved the vaccine Gardasil, which protects against persistent infection by the two…
On Jun. 7, 2006, gene profiling, a molecular technique that examines many genes simultaneously, can accurately distinguish between…
Washington BioEvolution illustrates life science companies and non-profit research organization in the State of Washington by the year…
On May 25, 2006, Zostavax, manufactured by Merck & Co. of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, was approved by…
On May 23, 2006, the Trial Assigning IndividuaLized Options for Treatment (Rx), or TAILORx, was launched to examine…
On May 18, 2006, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) resported on a multi-state mumps…
On May 16, 2006, Siemens, now Sivantos, launched Centra, the world’s first in-office digital earmold impression scanner. The…
On May 11, 2006, Massey Cancer Center’s opened Goodwin Research Laboratory, an 80,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art cancer research laboratory.
On May 5, 2006, the Cancer Research Initiative was established in South Carolina, between MUSC, University of South…
On May 1, 2006, Dr. Stephen Prescott was named president of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF). Prescott,…
On Apr. 17, 2006, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) announced initial results of the Study of Tamoxifen and…
On Apr. 12, 2006, chemical engineer Jay Keasling helped create an affordable anti-malaria drug, artemensins, by producing arteminsic…
On Apr. 4, 2006, a Cardiac surgery team at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Pauley Heart Center performed the first…
On Apr. 3, 2006, UW Madison alumni John and Tashia Morgridge pledged $50 million – the largest individual…
On Mar. 27, 2006, The Priestley Medal was awarded to Paul S. Anderson by the American Chemical Society…
On Mar. 22, 2006, the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington School of Medicine in St….
On Mar. 20, 2006, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center announced that it had joined the Lance Armstrong…
On Mar. 8, 2006, World Kidney Day, a joint initiative between the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and…
On Feb. 24, 2006, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) was informed by the only U.S.-licensed manufacturer…
On Feb. 23, 2006, groundbreaking was held for the first building of the North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC),…
On Feb. 10, 2006, Acorda Therapeutics announced an initial public offering of 5,500,000 shares of common stock at…
On Feb. 6, 2006, Sanofi pasteur announced it had delivered more H5N1 vaccine to the U.S. government including…
On Feb. 3, 2006, Rotavirus vaccine, live, oral, pentavalent (RotaTeq by Merck) was licensed for use in infants…
On Jan. 31, 2006, Dan Duncan, founder of Enterprise Partners, an energy company in Houston, announced a donation…
On Jan. 17, 2006, researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) announced the development of a…
On Jan. 17, 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that it had stopped recommending…
On Jan. 6, 2006, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) advisory Committee on Immunization Practices…