First commercial harvest of Okanagan Specialty Fruits’ Arctic Golden Apples was completed
On Oct. 3, 2016, Okanagan Specialty Fruits (OSF) announced that it had successfully completed the first commercial harvest…
Marc and Lynne Benioff’s $20 million gift to USC supports research and treatment innovations to fight cancer
On Sept. 29, 2016, University of Southern California (USC) Trustee Marc Benioff ’86 and his wife, Lynne, gifted…
PAHO/WHO announced measles elimination in the Americas
On Sept. 27, 2016, the Region of the Americas was the first in the world to have eliminated…
$10 million gift created Bursky Center for Human Immunology and Immunotherapy
On Sept. 26, 2016, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis announced it had received a $10…
New prostate cancer therapy investigated at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
On Sept. 22, 2016, Vanderbilt University Medical Center became the world’s first site to treat a prostate cancer…
NIH announced final rule requirements for submitting clinical trial results information
On Sept. 21, 2016, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced final rule requirements for submitting registration and…
Thermo Fisher Scientific completed its acquisition of FEI Company
On Sept. 19, 2016, Thermo Fisher announced it had completed its acquisition of FEI Company for a total…
Bayer and Monsanto announced merger
On Sept. 14, 2016, Bayer and Monsanto announced a merger agreement whereby Bayer acquired Monsanto for USD $128…
Arbutus’ CSO, Dr. Michael J Sofia, awarded Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
On Sept. 13, 2016, Arbutus Biopharma announced that Dr. Michael J. Sofia, Arbutus’ Chief Scientific Officer, had been…
UAlberta received $82.5 million research infrastructure boost from federal government and province
On Sept. 8, 2016, the University of Alberta received $82.5 million in infrastructure funding from the federal and…
Danaher acquired Cepheid for $53.00 per share, or approximately $4 billion
On Sept. 6, 2016, Danaher announced a merger agreement with Cepheid pursuant to which Danaher acquired all of…
University of British Columbia scientists developed synthetic heart valves
On Sept. 1, 2016, the University of British Columbia (UBC) announced that researchers at UBC’s Okanagan campus had…
InBios received FDA EUA for its ZIKV Detect IgM Capture ELISA diagnostic test for antibodies in human serum
On Aug. 19, 2016, InBios announced that it had received an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S….
BD announced $20 million investment in Sandy, Utah facility
On Aug. 18, 2016, BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) celebrated the 60th anniversary of its manufacturing facility in…
Siteman Cancer Center received a $10.4 million grant from the NCI
On Aug. 15, 2016, Siteman Cancer Center received a $10.4 million five-year grant to Washington University researchers and…
The National Institutes of Health awarded $28.3 million to Jackson Laboratory for Knockout Mouse Production and Phenotyping Project
On Aug. 4, 2016, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a total of $28.3 million to The…
Southwest National Primate Research Center at Texas Biomed received $40 million NIH grant
On Aug. 4, 2016, the Southwest National Primate Research Center at Texas Biomedical Research Institute was awarded more…
Patheon completed it IPO
On Jul. 26, 2016, Patheon announced the closing of its initial public offering of 34,226,191 of its ordinary…
NIH awarded $55 million to build million-person precision medicine study
On Jul. 6, 2016, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced $55 million in awards to build the…
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The Stanford Cancer Institute became a NCI Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center
On Jul. 5, 2016, The Stanford Cancer Institute announced it had been designated a Comprehensive Cancer Center by…
The Foundation for Blood Research closed its doors
On Jun. 30, 2016, The Foundation for Blood Research (FBR), a small, independent and nonprofit blood laboratory lead…
The CDC responded to the Flint, Michigan water crisis
On Jun. 24, 2016, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the results of its…
ACIP voted that live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) should not be used during the 2016-2017 flu season
On Jun. 22, 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) voted…
China Brain Project announced
On Jun. 17, 2016, the China Brain Project was announced which focused on the study of basic mechanisms…
University of Michigan Board of Regents announced a $17.5 million commitment for cancer research from Madeline and Sidney Forbes
On Jun. 16, 2016, The University of Michigan Board of Regents announced a $17.5 million commitment for cancer…
FDA approved Vaxchora for the prevention of cholera
On Jun. 10, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Vaxchora, a vaccine for the prevention…
BC Children’s Hospital and UBCï¾ researchers discovered precise genetic or biochemical defects in intellectual disabilities
On Jun. 9, 2016, BC Children’s Hospital and the University of British Columbia (UBC) researchers announced that they…
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Texas A&M and iBio execute development agreement for plant-produced pharmaceuticals
On Jun. 7, 2016, IBio and the Texas A&M Institute of Infectious Animal Diseases (TAMUS) announced they had…
University of British Columbia researchers discovered a genetic link to multiple sclerosis
On Jun. 1, 2016, scientists at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health announced proof that…
Thermo Fisher Scientific acquired FEI Company for $4.2 billion
On May, 27, 2016, Thermo Fisher Scientific and FEI Company announced that their boards of directors had unanimously…