On Dec. 8, 1999, the National Cancer Institute published the Atlas of Cancer Mortality, 1950-94, showing the geographic…
On Dec. 2, 1999, an international team of researchers at the Sanger Centre near Cambridge, England; University of…
On Dec. 2, 1999, Alvin and Ruth Siteman donated $35 million to establish the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer…
On Nov. 29, 1999, the “To Err is Human” report was published by the Institute of Medicine, a…
On Nov. 23, 1999, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged a gift of $750 million over five…
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 Roche’s TAMIFLU (oseltamivir phosphate) had been approved…
On Oct. 27, 1999, Hoffmann-La Roche and Gilead Sciences announced that Roche’s TAMIFLU™ (oseltamivir phosphate) has been approved…
On Oct. 22, 1999, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), after a review of scientific data from…
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. 30, 1999, Dr. Ute Hochgeswender, Development Biology Research Program from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF)…
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. 29, 1999, the University of Southern California (USC) announced that it had received a gift of…
On Jul. 11, 1999, Daiichi Sankyo and Eli Lilly announced the FDA approved Effientﾙ(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. 30, 1999, Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority (FRA) announced that the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center had been…
On Jun. 17, 1999, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP)…
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…