George E. Palade was awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
In 1974, George E. Palade, of the Yale University School of Medicine, was awarded the Nobel Prize for…
In 1974, George E. Palade, of the Yale University School of Medicine, was awarded the Nobel Prize for…
In 1974, the Priestley Medal was awarded to Paul J. Flory by the American Chemical Society “to recognize…
In 1973, the American Chemical Society announced that the Priestley Medal was awarded to Harold C. Urey “to…
In 1971, Jane Wright became the first woman to be elected president of the New York Cancer Society….
On Oct. 18, 1970, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation was founded. The MacArthur’s business interests…
In 1970, the American Chemical Society awarded the Priestley Medal to Max Tishler ‘for his numerous contributions to…
In 1968, the world’s first successful bone-marrow transplant was completed at the University of Minnesota Hospital under the…
On Aug. 24, 1966, the U.S. Congress passed legislation that became known as the Animal Welfare Act (P.L….
In 1963, The Health Insurance Plan (HIP) of Greater New York Study began. HIP was the first randomized…
In 1961, Johnsonï¾ &ï¾ Johnson acquired Janssen Pharmaceutica in Belgium. Its founder, Dr. Paul Janssen, is recognized as one of…
In 1961, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York becomes the first to use a ruby laser on a…
In 1960, the U.S., the first successful attempts at designing a totally implantable pacemaker were reported by Drs….
In 1960, Medtronic’s founders read an article about the implantable pulse generator with interest and soon contacted the…
In 1959, Johnson ï¾ &ï¾ Johnson acquired McNeil Laboratories giving the Company a significant presence in the growing field…
In 1957, Johnsonï¾ &ï¾ Johnson established operations in India.
In 1956, Dr. E. Donnall Thomas performed the first successful syngeneic bone marrow transplant between two humans (a…
In 1954, John Franklin Enders and Thomas C. Peebles isolated measles virus from an 11-year-old boy, David Edmonston….
On Mar. 15, 1953, the day following his 74th birthday, Albert Einstein formally agreed to permit his name…
In 1950, the Delaney Committee started congressional investigation of the safety of chemicals in foods and cosmetics, laying…
In 1949, Ethicon was formed from Johnson ï¾ &ï¾ Johnson’s heritage suture business.
In 1949, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) was founded in New York. The LLS mission is to…
In 1947, Dr. Marie Maynard Daly became the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry…
In 1946, In a period of 8 months, Robert J. Huebner, William L. Jellison, and their colleagues elucidated…
In 1946, fission-derived radioiodine became readily available as a by-product of the Manhattan project in Oak Ridge, TN….
In 1945, Cheplin Laboratories was renamed Bristol Laboratories and Frederic N. Schwartz was put in charge. Bristol-Myers bought…
In 1944, Johnsonï¾ &ï¾ Johnson went public with a listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
In 1944, the Baruch Center of Physical Medicine at the Medical College of Virginia was organized with a…
On Sept. 4, 1943, Dr. Carl Voegtlin resigned as director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Dr. Voegtlin…
In 1943, Bristol-Myers bought Cheplin Laboratoriesï¾—a Syracuse, New York, manufacturer of acidophilus milkï¾—and broke ground for a new…
In 1939, the first large-scale deliberate release of bacteria into the environment takes place when Bp is sprayed…