Oregon announces Recall of Pet Food Due to HPAI Contamination
On Dec. 26, 2024, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) announced it is alerting pet owners that samples…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Non-Profit Research | Oncology | Therapeutics | Vaccine | Women's Health
CPRIT approved $12 million to bring top-flight cancer researchers to Lone Star State
On Nov. 16, 2022, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) approved $12 million in recruitment…
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Study of Penn patients with decade-long leukemia remissions after CAR T cell therapy revealed new details about persistence of personalized ‘Living Drug’ cells
On Feb. 2, 2022, a new analysis of the first two patients treated in a clinical trial with…
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U.S. FDA authorizd InteliSwabﾙ COVID-19 rapid tests for at-home testing for delta variant detection
On Jan. 13, 2022, OraSure Technologies that its InteliSwabﾮ COVID-19 rapid tests detected the Omicron variant as effectively…
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INOVIO Announced Strategy to Address Omicron (B.1.1.529) and Future SARS-CoV-2 Variants
On Nov. 30, 2021, Inovio Pharma announced the company was rapidly moving to evaluate its COVID-19 DNA vaccine…
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INOVIO received FDA authorization to proceed with INNOVATE phase 3 segment for COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Nov. 9, 2021, Inovio Pharma announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided authorization to…
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OraSure’s OMNIgene-ORAL saliva collection kit selected by Chronomics for use in UK Government travel COVID-19 testing
On Jan. 26, 2021, OraSure Technologies announced that Chronomics had selected the OMNIgene-ORAL (OME-505) saliva collection device as…
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Patients in cancer remission at high risk for severe COVID-19 illness
On Jan. 21, 2021, Penn Medicine reported that patients with inactive cancer and not currently undergoing treatments also…
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Cue’s Molecular, point-of-care COVID-19 tests available under HHS and DoD pilot program
On Jan. 19, 2021, Cue Health announced that its molecular, point-of-care COVID-19 Tests were being distributed to five…
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INOVIO and Advaccine announced partnership to commercialize COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate in China
On Jan. 4, 2021, Inovio Pharmaceuticals and Advaccine Biopharmaceuticals announced that they had entered into a collaboration and…
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INOVIO announced publication of phase 1 data from COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate in The Lancet
On Dec. 24, 2020, Inovio Pharmaceuticals announced publication of peer-reviewed Phase 1 clinical data from the first cohort…
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OraSure updated Its Emergency Use Authorization application for lab-based oral SARS-CoV-2 antibody test
On Dec. 21, 2020, OraSure Technologies disclosed that the FDA had requested additional information as part of its…
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INOVIO dosed first subject in phase 2 segment of INNOVATE phase 2/3 trial for INO-4800 to prevent COVID-19
On Dec. 7, 2020, Inovio Pharmaceuticals announced it had dosed its first subject in a Phase 2 clinical…
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INOVIO expanded global manufacturing consortium for COVID-19 vaccine candidate with Kaneka Eurogentec
On Dec. 3, 2020, Inovio Pharmaceuticals announced the execution of an agreement with Kaneka Eurogentec an affiliate of…
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INOVIO announced initiation of phase 2/3 clinical trial for COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate, INO-4800
On Nov. 16, 2020, INOVIO announced that it had received clearance from the the U.S. Food & Drug…
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Seqirus’ Received Health Canada approval of first cell-based seasonal influenza vaccine
On Dec. 11, 2019, Seqirus announced that its cell-based quadrivalent influenza vaccine (QIVc) had received approval from Health…
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Penn Medicine developed gene therapy to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD
On Oct. 7, 2019, Penn Medicine announced it had developed gene therapy to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)…
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Korff estate gifted $5 million to advance prostate cancer research and treatments in Nebraska
On Nov. 18, 2015, the estate of Glenn Korff gifted $5 million to the Fred & Pamela Buffett…
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FDA approved quadrivalent formulation of Fluzone Intradermal inactivated influenza vaccine
On Dec. 12, 2014, Sanofi Pasteur announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved the supplemental…
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The Center for Personalized Diagnostics (CPD) was established at UPenn
In Feb. 2013, the Center for Personalized Diagnostics (CPD) was established at UPenn for researching genomic and therapeutic…
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The Basser Center for BRCA was established at Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center
In 2012, the Basser Center for BRCA was established at Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center to establish a…
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The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute received NCI Comprehensive designation
In 1990, the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute received National Cancer Institute (NCI) Comprehensive designation. The University of…
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Disease | Medicine | Neurology | Therapeutics
Dr. Alexa Canady became the first African American woman in the U.S. to become a neurosurgeon
In 1981, Dr. Alexa Canady became the first African American woman in the U.S. to become a neurosurgeon,…
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The Three Mile Island nuclear emergency plan was launched
Om Mar. 28, 1979,the Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) reactor, near Middletown, Pa., partially melted down resulting…
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The first pneumococcal vaccine was licensed
On Nov. 21, 1977, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed the first pneumococcal vaccine containing 14…
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PA Assn for Retarded Children v Commonwealth of PA established right of developmentally disabled children to free public education
In 1972, the Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Mills v. Board of Education…
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The Wistar Institute was designated a National Cancer Institute Cancer Center
In 1972, The Wistar Institute was designated the first National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Center in basic research…
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The University of Pennsylvania Institute for Environmental Medicine was established
In 1968, the University of Pennsylvania Institute for Environmental Medicine was established in recognition of the increasing need…
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The Priestley Medal was awarded to Ralph Connor
In 1967, the American Chemical Society awarded the Priestley Medal to Ralph Connor “to recognize distinguished services to…
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Haldan Keffer Hartline was awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine
In 1967, H. Keffer Hartline, born in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania and graduate of Layfayette College in Easton, PA (B.Sc….
