In 1995, Information in National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Physician Data Query (PDQ) database became available on the World…
In 1995, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved tretinoin, a differentiating agent related to vitamin A,…
In 1995, Porfimer sodium, a light-sensitive drug that can be absorbed by tumors, was approved by the FDA,…
In 1995, Gene therapy, immune-system modulation and recombinantly produced antibodies enter the clinic in the war against cancer.
In 1995, the FDA declared cigarettes to be “drug delivery devices.” Restrictions were proposed on marketing and sales…
In 1995, a series of proposed reforms to reduce regulatory burden on pharmaceutical manufacturers were announced, including an…
In 1995, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP), American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Association of Family…
In 1995, Christiane Nusslein-Volhard shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for ‘discoveries concering the genetic control…
In 1995, the Dickey-Wicker Amendment, named after Representative Jay Dickey (R) from Arkansas, was passed by the U.S….
In 1995, the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience opened at Georgia Tech to build a…
In 1995, The National Sarcoidosis Society was established by Ms Glenda Fulton, a 33 year old survivor of…
In 1995, The Virginia Commonwealth University six year Doctor of Pharmacy Program adopted to replace the Bachelor of…
In 1995, Mary-Claire King, an internationally known human geneticist, was recruited to the University of Washington’s (UW) School…
On Dec. 23, 1994, the FDA announced the approval of the first U.S. HIV test system using oral…
On Nov. 28, 1994, the typhoid Vi polysaccharide inactivated injectable polysaccharide vaccine (Typhim Vi by Aventis Pasteur) was…
On Sept. 29, 1994, based on recommendations of the national certification committees and after review of surveillance and…
In 1994, the Uruguay Round Agreements Act extended the patent terms of U.S. drugs from 17 to 20…
In 1994, Stanford Medicine researcher David Stevenson developed the new diagnostic instrument for rapid bedside screening of hemolysis…
In 1994, the Stowers Institute for Medical Research was founded by Jim and Virginia Stowers with a $500…
In 1994, The Biotechnology Council of New Jersey (BCNJ) was founded. BioNJ is a network of 400 member…
In 1994, National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR) founded with support from Senator Pete Domenici as an independent…
In 1994, completed its acquisition of Union Pharmacologique Scientifique Appliquee (UPSA), a leading manufacturer of pharmaceutical and consumer…
In 1994, Albert Einstein College of Medicine becomes the only New York City medical school selected by the…
In 1994, The Oregon Regional Primate Research Center joins OHSU as an affiliate research institute.
In 1994, the Medical Research Foundation (MRF) became an affiliate committee of the Oregon Health & Science University…
In 1994, Omeros Corp. was founded in Seattle as a biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing…
In 1994, Bristol-Myers Squibb’s PRAVACHOL (pravastatin sodium) was granted expanded usage from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
On Dec. 1, 1993, scientists reported the recovery of DNA unique to Mycobacterium tuberculosis from a lung lesion…
On Nov. 12 ,1993, FDA granted approval for the sale of the Ahmed Glaucoma Valve designed and manufactured…
On Sept. 18, 1993, Dr. Judes Poirier discovered that apolipoprotein E was a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s…