FDA approved high-dose inactivated influenza vaccine for people ages 65 years and older
On Dec. 23, 2009, the FDA approved high-dose inactivated influenza vaccine (Fluzone High-Dose) for people ages 65 years…
On Dec. 23, 2009, the FDA approved high-dose inactivated influenza vaccine (Fluzone High-Dose) for people ages 65 years…
On Dec. 18, 2009, the MUSC and the South Carolina Research Authority opened the Innovation Center in Charleston….
On Dec. 3, 2009, the Thai HIV vaccine clinical trial results were published in the New England Journal…
On Nov. 11, 2009, the Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute announced the appointment of William Hagopian, M.D., Ph.D.,…
On Nov. 16, 2009, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended a single dose of…
On Nov. 9, 2009, The Global Cassava Partnership (GCP-21) — a team of academic, government and industry researchers…
On Nov. 2, 2009 Sanford Health merged with MeritCare. In 2007 the Sioux Valley Health Care System was…
On Nov. 2, 2009, The Global Coalition against Child Pneumonia was established to raise awareness about the toll…
On Nov. 2, 2009, the genome of a pig sequenced by an international consortium lead by Larry Schook…
On Nov. 1, 2009, the genome of the cucumber was sequenced by an international consortium lead by Chinese…
On Oct. 28, 2009, the U.S. Department of Defense awarded Dr. Robertson at the Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research…
On Oct. 24, 2009, President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency.
On Oct. 21, 2009, OHSU became the first hospital in the state to implant the HeartMate II, a…
On Oct. 21, 2009, the Merck announced that the company will not resume production of monovalent measles, mumps,…
On Oct. 20, 2009, AGA Medical, based in Plymouth, designed and sold small devices that closed defects in…
On Oct. 16, 2009, the FDA approved new indication for gardasil to prevent genital warts in men and…
On Oct. 16, 2009, GlaxoSmithKline announced the FDA had approved Cervarixï¾® [Human papillomavirus bivalent (types 16 and 18)…
On Oct. 13, 2009, environmentalist and former genetics professor David Suzuki received the Right Livelihood Award for his…
On Oct. 8, 2009, Omeros Corp. launched an initial public offering at $10.00 per share and raised $62.1…
On Oct. 7, 2009, the Nobel Foundation announced that Ada E. Yonath had won a share of the…
On Oct. 7, 2009, Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. was appointed the 16th Director of the National Institutes…
On Oct. 5, 2009, Carol W. Greider won a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
On Oct. 5, 2009, Elizabeth H. Blackburn won a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
On Oct. 5, 2009, the first doses of monovalent H1N1 pandemic vaccine are administered.
On Sept. 29, 2009, a strategic scientific alliance between the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres and the…
On Sept. 27, 2009, University of Toronto researchers announced that they had used nanomaterials to develop a microchip…
On Sept. 16, 2009, Brian J. Druker, M.D.,whose research led to the development of Gleevec, the first targeted…
On Sept. 15, 2009, the FDA approved four Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccines for the active immunization…
In Sept. 2009, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) House opened. A state-of-the-art, 80-room, ‘green building,’ SCCA House offers…
On Sept. 1, 2009, Confirma was acquired by Milwaukee, WI-based Merge Healthcare in an all-stock transaction valued at…