On Jan. 12, 2016, a consortium of industry, government, and academia announced the launch of the Cancer MoonShot…
On Jan. 11, 2016, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended biennial screening mammography for women aged…
On Apr. 11, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it had granted accelerated approval…
In 2016, the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Neuroscience at Caltech was founded with a $1 billion…
In 2016, Siteman and St. Louis Children’s Hospital established Siteman Kids at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, focused on…
In 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the establishment of the Antimicrobial Resistance (AR)…
On Dec. 11, 2015, Genentech announced that it’s drug Alecensa (alectinib) was approved by the U.S. Food and…
On Dec. 8, 2015, the University of California, Los Angeles ( UCLA) Health Sciences announced it had received…
On Nov. 18, 2015, the estate of Glenn Korff gifted $5 million to the Fred & Pamela Buffett…
On Nov. 12, 2015, the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Medicine announced receipt of a major…
On Nov. 10, 2015, Genentech announed that its drug Cotellic (cobimetinib) was approved by the U.S. Food and…
On Nov. 5, 2015, TapImmune, (TPIV) announced it had relocated its corporate headquarters from Seattle, Washington, to Jacksonville,…
On Oct. 21, 2015, the Omar Boraie Chair in Genomic Science was established at Rutgers Cancer Institute. The…
On Oct. 8, 2015, a research team reported the first ancient human genome sequence from Africa. The genome…
On Oct. 5, 2015, Tu Youyou was awarded a half share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or…
On Oct. 1, 2015, The Kavli Foundation announced a $20 million award to establish the Kavli Neural Systems…
On Oct. 1, 2015, The Kavli Foundation announced a $20 million award to establish the Institute for Fundamental…
On Oct. 1, 2015, the Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute of Florida (VGTI Florida) announced plans to turn…
On Oct. 1, 2015, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded a $2.8 million grant five-year grant to researchers…
On Oct. 1, 2015, The Kavli Foundation announced a $20 million award to establish the Kavli Neuroscience Discovery…
On Sept. 16, 2015, The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) announced it had received a $5.65 million gift from…
On Aug. 20, 2015, the University of Texas System Board of Regents approved establishment of the Southwestern Monty…
On Aug. 14, 2015, The Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute of Florida (VGTI Florida) announced plans to close…
On Aug. 12. 2015, the University of New Mexico Cancer Center received National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation. Cancer…
On Jul. 30, 2015, Baylor Cancer Center received comprehensive designation from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The Center…
On Jul. 14, 2015, Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason (BRI) announced that Carla J. Greenbaum, MD, had…
On Jul. 10, 2015, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) announced it had awarded the UT Southwestern Medical Center’s…
On Jul. 7, 2015, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and…
On Jun. 29, 2015, the Life Sciences Discovery Fund Authority (LSDF) was defunded by the Washington State Legislature,…
On Jun. 26, 2015, The Keck School of Medicine announced it had established the University of Southern California…