On Jun. 26, 2015, The Keck School of Medicine announced it had established the University of Southern California…
On May 14, 2015, the University of Texas System Board of Regents approved the establishment of the Peter…
On May 6, 2015, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU and the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National…
On Feb. 10, 2015, the University of Minnesota (U of M) announced a $50 million gift from Caroline…
In 2015, the California Life Sciences Association was founded. (CLSA) was founded when the Bay Area Bioscience Association…
In 2015, Dr. Horace H. Loh received the Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA) Lifetime Achievement Award…
On Nov. 21, 2014, funding was announced for the TEC Health Accelerator for Alberta, to assist promising startup…
On Oct. 13, 2014, the University of Minnesota’s Children’s Hospital was renamed the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s…
On Jun. 17, 2014 the University of Calgary received $200 million from International businessman and University of Calgary…
On Jan. 13, 2014, Gary K. Michelson, a retired orthopaedic spinal surgeon whose groundbreaking work generated more than…
On Jan. 9, 2014, the New York Genome Center (NYGC) announced that New York State Governor Andrew M….
In 2014, the Institute for Applied Life Sciences ﾠ(IALS) was founded at the University of Massachusetts Amherst with…
In 2014, Siteman Cancer Center performed the world’s first MRI-guided radiation therapy treatment, allowing for visualized and adaptable…
On Dec. 19, 2013, the Siteman Cancer Center debuted the first single-vault proton therapy center in the U.S.:…
On Jul. 23, 2013, Matrical Bioscience announced it has had been acquired by Chelmsford, Massachusetts-based Brooks Automation for…
On Jun. 25, 2013, NanoString Technologies launched an initial public offering at $10.00 per share and raised $54…
On May 22, 2013, the Truhlsen Eye Institute opened its door and is poised to revolutionize eye care…
On Mar. 16, 2013, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) implemented the first inventor to file (FITF)…
On Jan. 4, 2013, Sanford Health announced the acquisition of Sioux Falls-based biotech company Hematech, a subsidiary of…
On Sept. 19, 2012, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland announced that it had received a…
On Jul. 31, 2012, the Connecticut Development Authority (CDA) was merged into Connecticut Innovations (CI) which was created…
On Mar. 21, 2012, the University of Washington Medical Center became the first in Pacific Northwest to discharge…
In 2012, CALIBR, the California Institute for Biomedical Research (Calibr), was launched as a nonprofit translational research institute…
On Dec. 16, 2011, the $1.28 million dollar Alberta Transplant Innovation Fund (ATIF) was established to fund research…
On Oct. 24, 2011, the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) officially dedicated the James E. Clyburn Research…
On May 20, 2011, Sandia and supercomputer manufacturer Cray announced they had signed a cooperative research and development…
On Apr. 5, 2011, Siemens, now Sivantos, introduced Aquaris, the world’s first waterproof, dust proof, and shock-resistant digital…
On Feb. 7, 2011, Danaher Corp. announced a merger agreement with Beckman Coulter whereby Danaher acquired Beckman by…
On Dec. 3, 2010, Banglore, India-based Opto Circuits announced completion of its merger with Bothell-based Cardiac Science Corp….
On Nov. 18, 2010, AGA Medical was acquired by St. Jude Medical for $1.3 billion in cash. The…