On Sept. 28, 2012, the Connecticut Challenge Survivorship Clinic opened at Yale Cancer Center providing — the first…
On Aug. 30, 2012, a new phlebovirus, discovered in northwestern Missouri by Dr. Scott Folk of Heartland Regional…
On Jul. 9, 2012, the FDA created the “Breakthrough Therapy Designation” that expedites development and review of drugs…
On Jun. 24, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had approved HibMenCY (Menhibrix, GlaxoSmithKline),…
On Jun. 8, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that Genentech’s drug Perjeta (pertuzumab) was…
ON May 16, 2012, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution (S. Res. 286) recognizing May 16, 2012,…
On May 1, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved new orphan drug Elelyso to treat…
On Apr. 30, 2012, Hologic announced the acquisition of San Diego-based Gen-Probe, a molecular diagnostics company, for $3.7…
On Mar. 21, 2012, the University of Washington Medical Center became the first in Pacific Northwest to discharge…
On Mar. 8, 2012, an international team led by researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute announced they…
On Feb. 27, 2012, the Duke Cancer Institute opened a new 267,000-square-foot, $235 million Cancer Center that included…
On Feb. 17, 2012, the FDA announced Korlym (mifepristone) was approved to control high blood sugar levels (hyperglycemia)…
In 2012, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), a viral respiratory illness, was first reported in Saudi Arabia in…
In 2012, The UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center received NCI comprehensive cancer designation. The center is a matrix…
On Dec. 14, 2011, Patricia M. LoRusso, D.O., of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, Michigan;…
On Sept. 27, 2011, the Mayo Clinic announced a $120 million plan to open its first medical school…
On Sept. 2, 2011, the Monroe Cancer Center opened as a joint venture between Karmanos Cancer Institute, Mercy…
On Aug. 19, 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Seattle Genetics’ Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin), making…
On Aug. 17, 2011, Stanford/Packard scientists found new uses for existing drugs by mining gene-activity data banks. When…
On Aug. 9, 2011, the Siteman Cancer Center announced that it had performed its 5,000th bone marrow transplant,…
On Jul. 17, 2011, the Maine Institute for Human Genetics and Health announced that it would cease operations…
On Jun. 11, 2011, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) marked the 30th year since…
On Jun. 6, 2011, University Hospitals (UH) Seidman Cancer Center, Northeast Ohio’s first and only freestanding cancer hospital,…
On Apr. 30, 2011, The University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital opened a new, innovative building for mothers…
On Apr. 21, 2011, Jon M. and Karen Huntsman donated $41 million to cancer research at Huntsman Cancer…
On Mar. 15, 2011, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation’s Multiple Sclerosis Center of Excellence, led by Dr. Gabriel…
On Dec. 3, 2010, Banglore, India-based Opto Circuits announced completion of its merger with Bothell-based Cardiac Science Corp….
On Nov. 30, 2010, Jane and Lee Seidman have donated $42 million to University Hospitals (UH) – the…
On Jul. 7, 2010 the Radiation Exposure Compensation Amendments of 1999 (P.L. 106-245) was passed by the U.S….
On Apr. 29, 2010, Stanford University of researchers announced they had have used a healthy person’s complete genome…