FDA approved changes in the schedule for administering anthrax vaccine
On Dec. 19, 2008, the FDA approved changes in the schedule for administering anthrax vaccine (BioThrax, manufactured by…
On Dec. 19, 2008, the FDA approved changes in the schedule for administering anthrax vaccine (BioThrax, manufactured by…
On Dec. 10, 2008, Patheon established its U.S. headquarters in Research Triangle Park (RTP). In addition to the…
On Dec. 9, 2008, in contrast with earlier research suggesting that dietary supplementation with selenium and vitamin E…
On Dec. 4, 2008, the FDA approved an expanded age indication for the tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid…
On Nov. 21, 2008, the Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS) was launched. Authorized by the state legislature…
On Nov. 19, 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened its first foreign office in Beijing to…
On Nov. 5, 2008, Siteman Cancer Center and The Genome Center researchers Timothy J. Ley, MD, Elaine Mardis,…
On Oct. 29, 2008, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) announced that Nike founder Philip H. and Penny…
On Oct. 27, 2008, the National Quality Forum included the hepatitis B birth dose among its consensus standards…
On Oct. 22, 2008, Merck announced it was closing its Rosetta Research Center and would layoff 300 employees.
On Oct. 13, 2008, the Dow Jones industrials stock market indice rose a record 936 points nearly double…
On Oct. 10, 2008, Emory Universityï¾’s Winship Cancer Institute received a five-year, $7.4 million grant from the National…
On Oct. 10, 2008, the stock market crashed (Black Week) with Dow Jones Industrial average dropping over 1,874…
On Oct. 8, 2008, the University of Georgia received a five-year, $8.3 million grant from the National Institutes…
On Oct. 6, 2008, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi was awarded a share of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or…
On Sept. 16, 2008, leaders of The Fraternal Order of Eagles, the University of Iowa and the University…
On Sept. 14, 2008, the National Cancer Institute researchers and colleagues have shown that increased expression of a…
On Sept. 13, 2008, National Childhood Cancer Awareness Day was enacted as a result of a Senate resolution…
On Sept. 2008, a narrow region on chromosome 15 contains genetic variations strongly associated with familial lung cancer,…
On Sept. 8, 2008, the Fitzsimons Life Science District smoke stack, a symbol of the rich history of…
On Sept. 4, 2008, the Cancer Genome Atlas reported first results of comprehensive study of brain tumors. This…
On Sept. 4, 20008, Eli and Edythe Broad gave an unprecedented gift of $400 million in September 2008…
On Aug. 20, 2008, Sonus Pharmaceuticals was acquired by OncoGenex Technologies in a reverse merger transaction worth $10.36…
On Jul. 29, 2008, the Caroline Pryce Walker Childhood Cancer Act of 2007 amended the Public Health Service…
On Jul. 22, 2008, Bentley Pharmaceuticals was acquired by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. At closing, Bentley consisted solely of…
On Jul. 15, 2008, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act extended expiring provisions under the Medicare…
On Jun. 27, 2008, Pacific Oncology joined with Oregon Health & Science University and created greater access to…
Jun. 25, 2008, researchers reported that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) responsible for most of the AIDS cases…
On Jun. 24, 2008, the FDA licensed a combined diphtheria and tetanus toxoid and acellular pertussis (DTaP) and…
On Jun. 23, 2008, Sanofi Pasteur announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had licensed Pentacel, Diphtheria and…