FDA expanded use of Prevnar 13 vaccine to include people ages 50 and older
On Dec. 30, 2011, the FDA expanded use of Prevnar 13 (PCV13, Pfizer) vaccine to include people ages…
On Dec. 30, 2011, the FDA expanded use of Prevnar 13 (PCV13, Pfizer) vaccine to include people ages…
On Dec. 16, 2011, the Alberta Transplant Institute (AITS) was founded with the goal to facilitate a cohesive…
On Dec. 14, 2011, Patricia M. LoRusso, D.O., of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, Michigan;…
On Dec. 6, 2011, Washington Universityï¾’s Genome Institute received a four-year $114 million grant from the National Human…
On Dec. 2, 2011, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Thomas R. Frieden, MD,…
On Oct. 25, 2011, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) recommended all 11 to 12 year-old males get…
On Oct. 24, 2011, the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) officially dedicated the James E. Clyburn Research…
On Oct. 21, 2011, the FDA approved revised prescribing information and patient labeling from GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals for the…
On Oct. 13, 2011, the OHSU/OSU Collaborative Life Sciences Building (CLSB) broke ground and placed portions of OHSU,…
On Oct. 13, 2011, an international team, led by researchers at McMaster University and the University of Tubingen…
On Sept. 27, 2011, the Mayo Clinic announced a $120 million plan to open its first medical school…
On Sept. 22, 2011, UC-Berkeley neuroscientists, led by Jack Gallant, used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and computational…
On Sept. 16, 2012 President Barack Obama signed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act which overhauled the U.S. patent…
On Sept. 2, 2011, the Monroe Cancer Center opened as a joint venture between Karmanos Cancer Institute, Mercy…
On Aug. 30, 2011, Amnis, a Seattle-based manufacturer of advanced cell imaging systems, announced the company had been…
On Aug. 25, 2011, the National survey indicated HPV vaccine rates trail other teen vaccines. About 6 million…
On Aug. 25, 2011, the Institute of Medicine issued the report titled “Review of Adverse Effects of Vaccines.”…
On Aug. 19, 2011, the FDA approved Seattle Genetics’ Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin), making it the first drug for…
On Augt. 19, 2011, Medicinal Genomics announced that it had mapped genome of cannabis plant.
On Aug. 17, 2011, Stanford/Packard scientists found new uses for existing drugs by mining gene-activity data banks. When…
On Aug. 17, 2011, Genentech announced that Elborafï¾® (vemurafenib) was approved by the FDA for the treatment of…
On Aug. 16, 2011, Genentech drug Zelborafï¾® (vemurafenib) was approved by the FDA for the treatment of BRAF…
On Aug. 12, 2011, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of NIH, announced that Dr. David…
On Aug. 11, 2011, Genomeon LLC was established under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia by Dr….
On Aug. 6, 2011, the United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC) officially declared that August is National Breastfeeding Month….
On Jul. 7, 2011 the Maine Institute for Human Genetics and Health announced that it would cease operations…
On Jul. 10, 2011, members of the Potato Genome Sequencing Consortium (PGSC) announced publication of the complete potato…
On Jul. 8, 2011, the FDA approved Boostrix (Tdap, GlaxoSmithKline) to prevent tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis in older…
On Jul. 1, 2011, the Kansas Legislature abolished the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation (KTEC) in a cost-cutting proposal…
On Jun. 28, 2011, during the 37th United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Conference, the 192 Member countries…