TESARO was acquired by GSK for $5.1 billion
On Jan. 22, 2019, GlaxoSmithKline acquired TESARO based in Waltham, Massachusetts, for an aggregate cash consideration of approximately…
On Jan. 22, 2019, GlaxoSmithKline acquired TESARO based in Waltham, Massachusetts, for an aggregate cash consideration of approximately…
On Jan. 8, 2019, Takeda Pharmaceutical announced the completion of its acquisition of Lexington, Massachusetts-based Shire for a…
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On Oct. 11, 2017, the Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announced the creation of two new Allen Discovery…
On Jun. 21, 2017, McDonnell Genome Institute announced it had received a $10 million from the National Heart,…
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On Oct. 13, 2016, the Cell Atlas Initiative was launched at a meeting at The Wellcome Trust in…
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On April 28, 2016, Harvard researcher Andrew Kruse and collaborators first revealed the molecular structure of the sigma-1…
On Jan. 19, 2016, the McDonnell Genome Institute at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis announced…
On Nov. 19, 2015, AquaBounty Technologies announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved the Company’s…
On Jul. 22, 2014, The Broad Institute announced an unprecedented commitment of $650 million from philanthropist Ted Stanley…
In Mar. 18, 2014, the American Chemical Society awarded the Priestley Medal to Stephen J. Lippard “to recognize…
In 2014, the Institute for Applied Life Sciences ï¾ (IALS) was founded at the University of Massachusetts Amherst with…
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On Apr. 17, 2013, researchers from the University of Washington, Broad Institute of Harvard and M.I.T. announced that…
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On Mar. 14, 2007, the Priestley Medal was awarded to George M. Whitesides by the American Chemical Society…
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