On Jan. 17, 1999, Jane E. Henney, M.D., appointed by President Bill Clinton, became the first woman to…
In 1999, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Scientist-Survivor Program which united researchers with patients and survivor advocates…
In 1999, Trubion Pharmaceutical was founded in Seattle as a spin-off from the Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute,…
In 1998, LigoCyte Pharmaceuticals was founded in Bozeman by Robert F. Bargatze, Ph.D., and John W. Jutila, Ph.D….
On Aug. 9, 1997, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a policy that allowed pharmaceutical companies…
In 1997, Bristol-Myers Squibb opened a 433-acre research campus in Hopewell, New Jersey. Two important new medicines co-developed…
In 1996, Texas Healthcare & Bioscience Institute (THBI) was founded in Austin. The mission of the Texas Healthcare…
In 1995, Bristol-Myers’ Wallingford, Connecticut facility was named the Richard L. Gelb Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Development…
On May 13, 1992, the U.S. Congress announced the Generic Drug Enforcement Act, sponsored by Rep. John Dingell…
In 1990, the California Supreme Court rules in the case involving Seattle’s John Moore that a patient does…
On Apr. 22. 1988, the Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987 (PDMA) was signed into law by the…
In 1987, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced revised regulations regarding Expanded Access (EA) to investigational…
On Feb. 4, 1986, Bristol-Myers announced it would acquire Genetic Systems for $310 million. Genetic Systems was a…
On Sept. 24, 1984 the Hatch-Waxman Act (Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act) was passed to…
In 1984, a policy statement regarding the relationship of National Cancer Institute (NCI), the pharmaceutical industry, and NCI-supported…
In 1984, the University of Wisconsin University Research Park was founded to encourage technology transfer and create an…
In 1983, Henri Termeer became president of Genzyme Corporation. Termeer was previously a senior executive Baxter. Serving as…
On Nov. 5, 1982, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published requirements of the tamper-resistant packaging (TRP)…
On Oct. 5, 1982, Johnson & Johnson, the parent company of McNeil, issued a nationwide recall of Tylenol…
On Sept. 29, 1982. the first of seven victims died after taking a capsule of Extra-Strength Tylenol. On…
In 1982, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to Sune K. Bergstrom, Bengt I….
In 1982, the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Physician Data Query (PDQ) cancer information database went online. PDQ is…
In 1982, Merck Frosst Canada was created through the restructuring of Merck & Co., Charles E. Frosst, and…
On Jun. 8, 1981, Genzyme was founded by Sheridan Snyder, George M. Whitesides and scientist Henry Blair, with…
On Jan. 27, 1981, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Health and…
In 1980, Genetic Systems was founded in Seattle as a monoclonal antibody-based diagnostic company by Robert Nowinski of…
In 1979, Centocor was founded – one of the nation’s first biotechnology companies best known for developing Remicade…
On Jul. 13, 1978, Ontario researchers published the results of a study led by Dr. Henry Barnett that…
On Jan. 8, 2008, Eli Lilly announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved Cialis(R)…
In 1978, Biogen was established in 1978 by a group of scientists and three venture capitalists as Biogen…