On May 6, 2015, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU and the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National…
On Apr. 23, 2015, Charles Okeke became the first U.S. patient to be discharged from the hospital without…
On Feb. 10, 2015, the University of Minnesota (U of M) announced a $50 million gift from Caroline…
In 2015, Dr. Horace H. Loh received the Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA) Lifetime Achievement Award…
In 2015, the California Life Sciences Association was founded. (CLSA) was founded when the Bay Area Bioscience Association…
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 Oct. 5, 2014, BD and CareFusion announced a definitive agreement whereby BD acquired CareFusion for $58.00 per…
On Aug. 19, 2014, Baxter announced that it plans to expand its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Opelika, Ala.,…
On Jun. 17, 2014 The University of Calgary announced it has the opportunity to lead research breakthroughs into…
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 that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets…
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. 17, 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 Jun. 25, 2012, The St. Louis County Economic Council is opening the doors to its new biotech…
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 Sept. 22, 2011, University of California, Berkeley neuroscientists, led by Jack Gallant, used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging…
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…