Lundbeck to acquire Longboard Pharmaceuticals for $2.6 billion
On Oct. 14, 2024, Lundbeck and Longboard Pharmaceuticals announced an agreement for Lundbeck to acquire Longboard for payment…
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Study Showed Over 10% of Medicare Beneficiaries Have Diagnoses Indicating Dementia
On Sept. 3, 2024, researchers at NORC at the University of Chicago and George Washington University’s Milken Institute…
USDA, university researchers develop near chromosome-level genome for the Mojave Poppy bee
On May 2, 2024, scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)ï¾’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university…
University of Illinois and Universidade de Sao Paulo develop first transgenic cow to produce human insulin in her milk
On Mar. 13, 2024, an unassuming brown bovine from the south of Brazil has made history as the…
Northwestern received $50 million to study life sciences using mathematics
On Sept. 14, 2023, Northwestern University announcealberta_innovates_logo.pngd it had been awarded $50 million over five years from the…
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign team developed all-species coronavirus test
On Jul. 6, 2023, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers reported they can detect exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus…
FDA approved first drug to treat agitation symptoms associated with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease
On May 11, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the supplemental approval of Otsuka Pharmaceutical…
USDA confirmed highly pathogenic Avian influenza in Kansas and Illinois
On Mar. 12, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed the presence…
USDA confirmed COVID-19 infection in a Coatimundi at an Illinois Zoo
On Oct. 14, 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Research Service (ARS) announced confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 (the…
USDA confirmed COVID-19 infection in a Binturong and a Fishing Cat at an Illinois Zoo
On Oct. 6, 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Research Service (ARS) announced confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 (the…
The US Department of Defense identified more troops to help administer COVID-19 vaccine
On Mar. 10, 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) announced that it had identified additional personnel authorized…
White-tailed deer found to be huge reservoir of SARS-CoV-2 infection
On Nov. 8, 2020, research from the U.S. had shown that white-tailed deer were being infected with SARS-CoV-2,…
Yale researchers part of new NSF-funded quantum center
On Aug. 4, 2020, Yale University announced it was among the core partners of the new Center for…
Brain cells can harbor and spread HIV virus to the body
On Jun. 11, 2020, researchers have found that astrocytes, a type of brain cell can harbor HIV and…
Vanda Pharma and University of Illinois at Chicago announce partnership to identify novel antivirals against COVID-19
On Apr. 8, 2020, Vanda Pharmaceuticals and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) announced a research partnership…
Map revealed hidden U.S. hotspots of Coronavirus infection at the country level
On Apr. 2, 2020, a University of Chicago team announced that it had mapped confirmed COVID-19 infections per…
COVID-19 first target of new AI research consortium
On Mar. 26, 2020, the University of California, Berkeley, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign were selected a…
FDA approved Lundbeck’s VYEPTI™ – the first and only intravenous preventive treatment for migraine
On Feb. 21, 2020, Lundbeck announced that VYEPTIâ„¢ (eptinezumab-jjmr) had been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug…
Lundbeck acquired Alder BioPharmaceuticals for $1.95 billion
On Oct. 22, 2019, Lundbeck, located in Valby, Denmark, announced it had completed its acquisition of Bothell, Washington-based…
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NSF awarded $1 million grant to scientists at Emory and Georgia Tech to decode neural networks
On Sept. 11, 2018, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a three year $1 million grant to scientists…
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Earth Microbiome Project scientists announced unprecedented catalog of microbial life on planet Earth
On Nov. 1, 2017, a study from the Earth Microbiome Project reported the most extensive snapshot ever of…
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$100 million gift from The Duchossois Family Foundation created the University of Chicago health institute
On May 23, 2017, the University of Chicago Medicine announced receipt of a $100 million donation by Craig…
Abbott completed acquisition of St Jude Medical for $25 billion
On Jan. 4, 2017, Abbott announced it had completed the acquisition of St. Jude Medical for $25 billion….
First-ever octopus genome sequenced
On Aug. 12, 2015, the Cephalopod Sequencing Consortium announced the first-ever sequencing of the entire octopus genome. Researchers…
Albert Einstein Cancer Center became site for the Hispanic Community Health Study
On Jan. 12, 2015, The Albert Einstein Cancer Center became the only medical institution in New York City,…
University of Iowa alumnus Franklin D Trueblood provided $78 million for genetics research
On Sept. 12, 2014, the University of Iowa announced that alumnus Franklin D. Truebloodï¾’s lifelong interest in medical…
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The first U.S. imported case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) was confirmed
On May 1, 2014, the first U.S. imported case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) was confirmed in…
Driskill Foundation awarded $5 million to advance OHSU’s pioneering research in novel brain tumor treatment
On Aug. 25, 2010, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) announced a $5 million grant from the Walter…
The Roskamp Institute became a not-for-profit organization
In 2010, the Roskamp Foundation’s governing board announced that the Roskamp Institute had changed status from a private…
The genome of a pig was sequenced by an international consortium
On Nov. 2, 2009, an international consortium lead by Larry Schook at the University of Illinois in Champaign…