Immunex received FDA approval to market Leukine (GM-CSF) in the U.S.
In March 1991, Immunex announced it had received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to market Leukine…
In March 1991, Immunex announced it had received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to market Leukine…
On Dec. 8, 1990, E. Donnall Thomas of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Joseph E. Murray…
On Nov. 11, 1990, Stormie Jones, the world’s first recipient of a successful simultaneous heart and liver organ…
On Nov. 27, 1989, a surgical team at the University of Chicago Medical Center performed a live donor…
In 1989, CellPro was founded in Bothell as a spin-off from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The…
On Jun. 12, 1987, a crew of just 47 physicians and 225 allied health employees rallied to formally…
On Aug. 6, 1986, Bill Schroeder from Jasper, Indiana, the second human recipient of the Jarvik 7 artificial…
On Jun. 5, 1986, Genzyme launched an Initial Public Offering (IPO) at $10 a share, and raised $28.3…
In 1986, BC Transplant (BCT) was established. BCT directs, delivers or contracts for all organ transplant services across…
On Apr. 6, 1985, Bill Schroeder from Jasper, Indiana, the second human recipient of the Jarvik 7 artificial…
On Feb 14, 1984, the world’s first successful combined heart-liver transplant was performed in Pittsburgh at UPMC Children’s…
On Apr. 1, 1983, the University of Nebraska Medical Center performed their first bone marrow transplant. The program…
On Mar. 9, 1981, cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Bruce Reitz from Stanford Medicine performed the first successful human combined…
In 1981, Immunex Corporation was founded by Stephen Duzan, and Christopher Henney and Steven Gillis from the Hutchinson…
In 1975, Dr. E. Donnall Thomas, a pioneer in bone marrow transplantation, secured a permanent treatment home at…
In 1972, Washington University ï¾– St. Louis established one of the countryï¾’s first adult bone marrow transplant programs,…
In 1970, Dr. Calvin Stiller conducted one of the first clinical trials studying the effectiveness of the immunosuppressive…
On Dec. 3, 1968, the Medical University of South Carolina (MCSC) performed its first organ transplant (renal) and…
On May 3, 1968, Denton Cooley at Baylor University College of Medicine transplanted the heart of a fifteen…
In 1968, University of California, San Diego Medical Center surgeons performed the region’s first kidney transplant.
In 1968, the world’s first successful bone-marrow transplant was completed at the University of Minnesota Hospital under the…
In 1968, the first heart transplant at the Medical College of Virginia was performed by Dr. Richard R….
On Dec. 3, 1967, surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the first human to human heart transplant in Cape Town,…
On Jan. 15, 1967, William Lakey performed Alberta’s first organ transplant, a kidney, at the University of Alberta…
In 1967, Willem J. Kolff joined the University of Utah as head of the newly formed Department of…
On Dec. 17, 1966, a pancreas transplant was first completed under the direction of Richard C. Lillehei, William…
On Nov. 23, 1964, Dr. Michael DeBakey and his team performed the first successful coronary artery bypass graft…
On Jan. 16, 1964, doctors at the University of Mississippi Medical Center transplanted a chimpanzee heart into chest…
On Aug. 12, 1960, visiting professor, Dr. E. Donnall Thomas performed a bone marrow transplant at University of…
In 1960, Sam, a lively four-year-old pointer with a transplanted heart valve, was named research dog hero of…