In 1998, the Mammography Quality Standards Reauthorization Act (MQSA) was passed by the U.S. Congress and continued the…
In 1998, the first phase to consolidate U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) laboratories nationwide from 19 facilities…
In 1998, the Pediatric Rule was implemented that required drug manufacturers to study the efficacy and safety of…
O Oct. 13, 1998, Walter Kohn of the University of California at Santa Barbara was awarded the 1998…
On May 5, 1998, Baxter announced it had completed its acquision of Bulder, Colorado-based of Somatogen in a…
In 1998, Yale Cancer Center researchers discovered the gene, Survivin, which is linked to the detection of some…
In 1998, Beth Israel Deaconess surgeon Dr. Roger Jenkins performed the first successful live donor liver transplantation (LADLT)…
In 1998, Harvard Medical School-based scientists established the Institute of Chemistry and Cell Biology (ICCB), to facilitate the…
In 1998, Tamoxifen, created with the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line established by Karmanos, was revealed to reduce…
In 1998, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center was founded. The independent, nonprofit research center was the result…
In 1998, LigoCyte Pharmaceuticals was founded in Bozeman by Robert F. Bargatze, Ph.D., and John W. Jutila, Ph.D….
In 1998, Montana Neuroscience Institute Foundation was a non-profit partnership between St. Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center…
In 1998, the MIND Institute (Mental Illness and Neuroscience Discovery) was founded, now known as the Mind Research…
In 1998, The Case Cancer Center (Case CCC) was recognized as an National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer…
In 1998, The Oregon College of Dentistry was founded in Portland.
In 1998, the Neurological Sciences Institute (NSI) joined the university as its fifth research unit. NSI researchers conduct…
In 1998, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital’s new state-of-the-art pediatric medical complex was opened. Built with private funding and bond…
In 1998, The Mark O. Hatfield Research Center was dedicated. The center houses a variety of basic and…
In 1998, Hematech was co-founded by University of Massachusetts researcher Jim Robl, relocated to Sioux Falls. Dr. Robl…
In 1998, Medical College of Virginia surgeons performed country’s first living donor liver transplant between unrelated adults.
On Nov. 10, 1998, Immunex announced that ENBREL(tm) (etanercept) had received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug…
In 1998, Immunex dedicated its new manufacturing and development center. The 100,000 square foot complex broke ground in…
In 1998, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that an estimated 47.2 million adults (24.1%),…
On Dec. 15, 1997, scientists from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) announced that Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (lupus)…
On Nov. 26, 1997, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had approved the Monoclonal antibody…
On Nov. 21, 1997, the FDA Modernization Act (FDAMA) was signed into law, amending the Food, Drug and…
On Nov. 14, 1997, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified the link between fen-phen…
On Nov. 11, 1997, the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights was adopted unanimously and…
On Nov. 6, 1997, the National Cancer Institute Director’s Consumer Liaison Group was established to advise and provide…
On Nov. 4, 1997, Vice President Al Gore and Senator Mark O. Hatfield attended groundbreaking ceremonies for the…