Danaher acquired Beckman Coulter, for $83.50 per share or $68 billion
On Feb. 7, 2011, Danaher Corp. announced a merger agreement with Beckman Coulter whereby Danaher acquired Beckman by…
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Cardiac Science acquired by Opto Circuits of India for $55 million
On Dec. 3, 2010, Banglore, India-based Opto Circuits announced completion of its merger with Bothell-based Cardiac Science Corp….
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AGA Medical was acquired by St Jude Medical for $1.3 billion in cash
On Nov. 18, 2010, AGA Medical was acquired by St. Jude Medical for $1.3 billion in cash. The…
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SonoSite acquired VisualSonics for $67.9 million
On Jun. 30, 2010, SonoSite announced that it completed its acquisition of privately held VisualSonics, a Toronto-based company…
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announced Lawrence Livermore Microbial Detection Array
On May 5, 2010, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) biologists and informatics experts announced the Lawrence Livermore Microbial…
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The Sensory Motor Adaptive Rehabilitation Technology Network was established by the University of Alberta
In 2010, The Sensory Motor Adaptive Rehabilitation Technology (SMART) Network was established by the University of Alberta to…
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NevBio was founded
In 2010, NevBio (Nevada Biotechnology & Bioscience Consortium), was founded as the state’s trade association representing the life…
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Hanger corporate headquarters was relocated from Bethesda, MD to Austin, TX
In 2010, Hanger announced that it was relocating its corporate headquarters from Bethesda, MD to Austin, TX. In…
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The Medicines Patent Pool was founded
In 2010, the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) was founded by Unitaid. Its vision was that non-exclusive voluntary licensing…
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Sanford Health merged with MeritCare
On Nov. 2, 2009 Sanford Health merged with MeritCare. In 2007 the Sioux Valley Health Care System was…
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AGA Medical completed its IPO worth $1.3 billion
On Oct. 20, 2009, AGA Medical, based in Plymouth, designed and sold small devices that closed defects in…
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University of Toronto researchers used nanomaterials to develop a microchip to detect cancer
On Sept. 27, 2009, University of Toronto researchers announced that they had used nanomaterials to develop a microchip…
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Confirma was acquired by Merge Healthcare
On Aug. 7, 2009, Confirma was acquired by Milwaukee, WI-based Merge Healthcare in an all-stock transaction valued at…
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The Scripps Research Institute’s Florida facility opened
On Feb. 26, 2009, the new Scripps Research Institute’s Florida facility, comprising three state-of-the-art buildings and more than…
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Caroline Amplatz pledged $50 million for the university’s new children’s hospital
On Feb 10, 2009, Caroline Amplatz pledged $50-million to the Minnesota Medical Foundation, in Minneapolis, to support the…
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The Science & Entertainment Exchange Launches to Support Accurate Science in Movies
On Nov. 19, 2008, The Science & Entertainment Exchange was officially announced and launched by the National Academy…
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Sonus Pharmaceuticals was acquired by OncoGenex
On Aug. 20, 2008, Sonus Pharmaceuticals was acquired by OncoGenex Technologies in a reverse merger transaction worth $10.36…
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Oregon BioEvolution, 2008
On Jun. 1, 2008, Oregon BioEvolution was published illustrating life science companies and non-profit research organization in the…
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Alberta Bio Evolution, 2008
On May 6, 2018, Alberta Life Science Bio Evolution was published illustrating life science companies and non-profit research…
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OHSU Cancer Institute received $5 million gift to establish state-of-the-art research laboratories
On Feb. 20, 2008, Lori and Jen-Hsun Huang of Los Altos Hills, California, announced a $5 million gift…
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Results from a large multicenter study showed accuracy of computerized tomographic colonography
In 2008, results from a large multicenter study showed that the accuracy of computerized tomographic colonography (virtual colonoscopy)…
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The Donna and Benjamin M Rosen Bioengineering Center was established at Caltech
In 2008, The Donna and Benjamin Rosen Bioengineering Center was established to use a variety of mechanisms and…
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Alain Carpentier in Paris and Albert Starr in Portland, Oregon received Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research
On Sept. 15, 1997, Alain Carpentier at Hospital European Goerges Pompidou in Paris and Albert Starr at Providence…
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OHSU became the first in Oregon to offer a new artificial disk for the neck
On Aug. 16, 2007, surgeons at Oregon Health and Science University announced implanting a new artificial disc in…
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MRI detected cancers in the opposite breast of women newly diagnosed with breast cancer
On Mar. 28, 2007, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans of women who were diagnosed with cancer in one…
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Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery was founded
In 2007, the Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery was established, combining the expertise of four groups of…
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Dr. Stephen Prescott became president of the OMRF
On May 1, 2006, Dr. Stephen Prescott was named president of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF). Prescott…
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Virginia Commonwealth University’s Pauley Heart Center performed the first artificial heart implant on the East Coast
On Apr. 4, 2006, a cardiac surgery team at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Pauley Heart Center has performed the first…
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UW Madison alumni John and Tashia Morgridge pledged $50 million to support the Wisconsin Institutes of Discovery
On Apr. 3, 2006, UW Madison alumni John and Tashia Morgridge pledged $50 million – the largest individual…
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Dan L. Duncan contributed $100 million to the Baylor Cancer Center
On Jan. 31, 2006, Dan Duncan, founder of Enterprise Partners, an energy company in Houston, announced a donation…
