In 1987, The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Cancer Center received National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation. CSHL researchers…
In 1987, the Case Cancer Center (Case CCC) at Case Western Reserve University was both founded and became…
In 1987, Drs. Patrick and Edith McGeer developed the groundbreaking concept that inflammation plays a role in the…
In 1987, construction was completed on the Vollum Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research in Portland. The institute is…
In 1987, the University of Virginia Cancer Center (UVA), now known as the UVA Health Cancer Center, received…
In 1987, Dr. Gerald Nepom, the former director of the Virginia Mason Research Center, now known as the…
On Nov. 14, 1986, the U.S. Congress created the National Vaccine Program (NVP) to coordinate the vaccine research…
On Oct. 27, 1986, President Ronald Reagan signed the the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986. The Act changed…
On Oct. 18, 1986, the Moffitt Cancer Center was dedicated. The center was established in 1981 by the…
In 1986, Rita Levi-Montalcini was awarded half of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ‘for the discovery…
On Oct. 1, 1986, Positron emission tomograph (PET) and Computed tomography (CTC) were installed at the University of…
On Sept. 9, 1986, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) co-sponsored the first National Conference…
On Aug. 6, 1986, Bill Schroeder from Jasper, Indiana, the second human recipient of the Jarvik 7 artificial…
On Jul. 23, 1986, the Recombinant hepatitis B vaccine (Recombivax HB by Merck) was licensed. Using recombinant DNA…
On June 12, 1986, Bristol-Myers opened a state-of-the-art research complex in Wallingford, Connecticut, designed to house more than…
On Jun. 5, 1986, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Hoffmann La Roche’s Interferon initially for…
On Jun. 5, 1986, Genzyme launched an Initial Public Offering (IPO) at $10 a share, and raised $28.3…
In May 1986, the vaccine Recombivax HB, which protects against hepatitis B infection, was approved for marketing in…
In 1986, the American Chemical Society awarded the Priestley Medal to Karl A. Folkers ‘for his numerous contributions…
On Mar. 19, 1986, Eli Lilly acquired San Diego-based Hybritech for $300 million. Hybritech was a leading producer…
On Mar. 13, 1986, Microsoft Corporation, founded by Bill Gates Jr. and the late Paul Allen in 1975,…
On Feb. 4, 1986, Bristol-Myers announced it would acquire Genetic Systems for $310 million. Genetic Systems was a…
In February 1986, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Hybritech’s Tandem-R PSA assay (P850048) with calibration…
In 1986, the Visible Human Project® (VHP), an outgrowth of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Long-Range Plan,…
In 1986, The Mayo Clinic, Rochester Methodist Hospital and Saint Marys Hospital integrated their operations under one governing…
In 1986, the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology and the former Barnes Hospital introduced the first mobile mammography unit…
In 1986, Dr. Stanley Cohen of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini each received…
In 1986, The University of Utah Cancer program earned National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation as a Cancer Center,…
In 1986, Procyte Corp. was founded as a Kirkland, Washington-based medical skin care company that developed and marketed…
In 1986, The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (PDF – 312 KB), as amended, created the National Vaccine Injury…