On Apr. 10, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved selumetinib (KOSELUGO, AstraZeneca) for pediatric patients, 2…
On Mar. 25, 2020, Royal Philips announced that Children’s Hospital of Georgia has adopted Philips’ automated early detection…
On Mar. 22, 2020, Royal Philips announced that it is increasing the production of certain critical care products and…
On Mar. 19, 2020, Gilead Sciences announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved a supplemental…
On Nov. 25, 2019, Dr. Claudia Kleinman, Dr. Nada Jabado, and Dr. Michael Taylor discovered that pediatric brain…
On Sept. 12, 2019, UPenn completed its exclusive, 7-year research and development alliance with Novartis, that spawned the…
On Jul. 18, 2018, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics said that changing the DNA of a human embryo…
On Apr. 11, 2018, Dr. Judith G. Hall, professor emerita of pediatrics and medical genetics at the University…
On Feb. 28, 2018, The MMK Foundation, founded by Mark and Marcia King, pledged $1 million to be…
On Feb. 22, 2018, OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital was verified as a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center and…
On Aug. 30, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel) for certain pediatric and…
On Aug. 15, 2017, the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program awarded…
On Sept. 29, 2016, University of Southern California (USC) Trustee Marc Benioff ’86 and his wife, Lynne, gifted…
On Sept. 21, 2016, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced final rule requirements for submitting registration and…
On Sept. 21, 2016, the University of California, Berkeley, UC San Francisco and Stanford University joined forces in…
On Jun. 9, 2016, BC Children’s Hospital and the University of British Columbia (UBC) researchers announced that they…
On May 14, 2015, the University of Texas System Board of Regents approved the establishment of the Peter…
On Mar. 3, 2015, the first-ever World Birth Defects Day was observed with the support of 12 organizations….
On Feb. 10, 2015, the University of Minnesota (U of M) announced a $50 million gift from Caroline…
On Dec. 23, 2014, Juno Therapeutics announced the closing of its initial public offering of 12.7 million shares…
On Apr. 24, 2014, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that vaccinations prevent more…
On Dec. 3, 2013, Juno Theraputics, a biotechnology company focused on bringing forward novel immunotherapies for cancer, was…
On Oct. 24, 2013, the University of Iowa (IA) announced a second $10 million gift commitment from Jerre…
On Jul. 25, 2012, in a meta-analysis, researchers from the China Medical University in Shenyang and Harvard School…
On Apr. 30, 2012, “Treatment Outcomes in Black and White Children With Cancer: Results From the SEER Database…
On Apr. 30, 2011, The University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital opened a new, innovative building for mothers…
On Nov. 18, 2010, AGA Medical was acquired by St. Jude Medical for $1.3 billion in cash. The…
On Jan. 25, 2010, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine launched a $65…
On Oct. 20, 2009, AGA Medical, based in Plymouth, designed and sold small devices that closed defects in…
On Feb 10, 2009, Caroline Amplatz pledged $50-million to the Minnesota Medical Foundation, in Minneapolis, to support the…