On Jun. 15, 2008, Australia announced it had approved the first locally made vaccine to protect humans from…
On Jun. 5, 2008, the FDA approved the use of Sanofi Pasteur’s Tenivac tetanus and diphtheria toxoids adsorbed…
Washington BioEvolution illustrates life science companies and non-profit research organization in the State of Washington by the year…
On May 22, 2008, the New Mexico Dept. of Health notified the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and…
On May 21, 2008, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 that prohibited health insurers and employers from…
On May 21, 2008, the North Carolina School of Pharmacy was renamed the Eshelman School of Pharmacy in…
On May 13, 2008, the U.S. Congress passed the Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act which amended the…
On May 3, 2008, a major expansion of Oregon State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine’s large animal clinical…
On May 2, 2008, Gov. Jim Doyle and UW–Madison alumni John and Tashia Morgridge joined the UW–Madison community…
On Apr. 29, 2008, National Cancer Institute (NCI) researchers identified a pattern of gene activity in mice that…
On Apr. 25, 2008, marked the first-ever World Malaria Day established by the United Nations to ensure that…
On Apr. 18, 2008, the Claude Moore Health Education and Research Center opened in Northern Virginia and houses…
On Apr. 3, 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved new rotavirus vaccine (Rotarix) for use…
On Apr. 2, 2008, the American Chemical Society awarded the Priestley Medal to Gabor A. Somorjai “to recognize…
Apr. 1, 2008, a team of researchers from Stanford’s School of Medicine announced they had developed a new…
On Mar. 6, 2008, DNA mutations found in a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that has a poor prognosis…
On Mar. 14, 2008, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its recommendations for administering…
On Feb. 28, 2008, Rare Disease Day (also known as an “orphan” disease), was established by the European…
On Feb. 27, 2008, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) voted to expand influenza…
On Feb 25, 2008, the Pacific Northwest Research Institute changed its name to Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute…
On Feb. 20, 2008, Lori and Jen-Hsun Huang of Los Altos Hills, California, announced a $5 million gift…
On Feb. 19, 2008, Lokey Laboratories which house the Nanoscience Research Center at the University of Oregon (UO)…
On Jan. 22, 2008, an international research consortium announced the 1000 Genomes Project, an ambitious effort that involved…
On Jan. 23, 2008, the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Basic Science Building was renamed the Richard…
In 2008, the Bio-Research and Development Growth (BRDG) Park building was constructed on the north end of the…
In 2008, results from a large multicenter study showed that the accuracy of computerized tomographic colonography (virtual colonoscopy)…
In 2008, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
In 2008, the Influenza Reagent Resource (IRR) was established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
In 2008, the Arizona BioIndustry Association was rebranded AZBio. The AZBio Board of Directors included individuals representing AZBio…
In 2008, Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute was founded as a 501c(3) non-profit organization, is a patient-centric, international…