On Jul. 25, 1993, Sandia Corp. became a Martin Marietta company, leaving the AT&T fold for the first…
On Jul. 23, 1993, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Betaseron, developed by Chiron and Berlex…
On Jul. 22, 1993, revising a policy from 1977 that excluded women of childbearing potential from early drug…
On Jul. 1, 1993, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) was created through the merger of the Industrial Biotechnology…
On Jun. 15, 1983, the Organization of Regulatory and Clinical Associates (ORCA) was founded in Seattle to provide…
On Jun. 10, 1993, the U.S. Congress signed the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act, P.L. 103-43. The…
On May 13, 1993, ZymoGenetics began a $25 million year-long renovation of the The Seattle City Light Steam…
In 1993, May 12 was designated as the International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases by…
On May 7, 1993, the first gene associated with hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC) was cloned (hMSH2). People…
On May 14, 1993, the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) reported it was notified by the Office…
On May 1, 1993, the costs of influenza vaccine and its administration became a covered benefit under Medicare…
On Apr. 16, 1993, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported that from November 15, 1992, through…
On Apr. 14, 1993, the Earl Davie/ZymoGenetics Endowed Chair of Biochemistry at the University of Washington was established…
In 1993, the American Chemical Society awarded the Priestley Medal to Robert W. Parry ‘for his numerous contributions…
In April 1993, James Watson resigned as head of National Human Genome Research Institute (NCHGR) following allegations that…
On Apr. 1, 1993, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Amgen’s Epogen/Procrit for the treatment of…
On Mar. 30, 1993, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a combined diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and…
On Mar. 30, 1993, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new Haemophilus b conjugate vaccine,…
In 1993, the John and Mary Pappajohn Clinical Cancer Center opened for service after receiving a generous $25…
In 1993, the Baim Institute was first founded as the Cardiovascular Data Analysis Center (CDAC) by Donald S….
In 1993, the Washington University School of Medicine announced that it was a participating site for the prostate,…
In 1993, Bristol-Myers Squibb launched TAXOL (paclitaxel). The company invested hundreds of millions of dollars to supply TAXOL…
In 1993, Drs. Joan and Ron Conaway from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) discovered Elongin A (EloA)…
In 1993, the Physicians Pavilion at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) opened on Marquam Hill to provide…
In 1993, Oregon Health Policy Institute, an interdisciplinary center of Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), Portland State…
In 1993, The Hollings Cancer Center (HCC) was formally was established and named for former U.S. Senator and…
In 1993, the Vanderbilt Cancer Center was established under the leadership of Dr. Hal Moses, to bring together…
In 1993, The Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) at San Antonio received National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation….
In 1993, Jon M. and Karen Huntsman donated $10 million to the University of Utah to establish a…
On Dec. 21, 1992, Immunex announced a merger agreement with American Cyanamid Company’s Lederle Oncology business. In Nov….