Apr. 14, 2004, the National Center for Vermiculite and Asbestos-Related Cancers was established in Michigan in response to…
Mar. 30, 2004, the American Chemical Society awarded the Priestley Medal to Elias J. Corey “to recognize distinguished…
On Mar. 24, 2004, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed tetanus and diphtheria toxoids adsorbed for…
On Mar. 16, 2004, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a report addressing the recent slowdown in…
On Mar. 11, 2004, The Kavli Foundation announced a $7.5 million award to establish the Kavli Institute of…
On Mar. 19, 2004, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) was awarded $7.5 million to establish The Kavli…
On Mar. 10, 2004, The Kavli Foundation announced a $7.5 million award to establish a Kavli Institute for…
On Mar. 1, 2004, the National incident Management System (NIMS), developed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS),…
On Feb. 26, 2004, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had approved the first antiangiogenic…
On Feb. 1, 2004, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had approved Cetuximab, a recombinant…
On Jan. 29, 2004, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) School of Medicine’s Casey Eye Institute…
On Jan. 28, 2004, the International Tomato Genome Sequencing Project was begun by an international consortium including participants…
On Jan. 9, 2004, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the approval of Sanofi’s Eloxatin (oxaliplatin) injection…
In 2004, Merck announced a voluntary worldwide withdrawal of Vioxx (rofecoxib) because of an increased risk of heart…
In 2004, The Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, part of the CDC’s National Center for Infectious Diseases,…
In 2004, the U.S. Congress passed the Anabolic Steroid Control Act which enacted a ban on over-the-counter steroid…
In 2004, the FDA published “Innovation or Stagnation? — Challenge and Opportunity on the Critical Path to New…
In 2004, the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) program was established in 2004, when the Project BioShield Act, among…
In 2004, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) collaborated with the Department of Health and Human Services to establish…
In 2004, data from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study show that women who take estrogen in combination…
In 2004, representatives from a cross-section of bioscience enterprises met under the direction of Governor Ruth Ann Minner…
In 2004, Rubella, also known as German measles, was declared eliminated in the U.S. Before the rubella vaccination…
In 2004, the University of Georgia Cancer Center was established, specializing in drug targets, diagnostic tests, cancer vaccines,…
In 2004, BioKansas was founded by the Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute and the State of Kansas,…
In 2004, The Broad Institute was launched with a $100 million gift from Eli and Edythe Broad. Discussions…
In 2004, Medtronic moved into new world headquarters in Fridley, Minnesota. At that time, Medtronic operated from more…
In 2004, the Siteman Cancer Center established a Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) facility, the first built in partnership…
On Jan. 20, 2005, the Siteman Cancer Center received National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation as a Comprehensive Cancer…
In 2004, The Montana Bioscience Alliance (MBA) was founded as a non-profit association that serves as a hub…
In 2004, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) opened the state’s first small animal magnetic resonance imaging facility….