FDA approved expanded pediatric age indication for Fluarix Quadrivalent influenza vaccine
On Jan. 11, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an expanded indication for the four-strain…
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Experts decried lack of flu pandemic readiness, commitment
On Jan. 9, 2018, armed with 1940s-vintage flu vaccine technology and supported by only anemic funding for developing…
The University of Michigan Cancer Center was renamed the Rogel Cancer Center
In 2018, the University of Michigan Cancer Center was renamed the Rogel Cancer Center in recognition of a…
Rallybio was founded
In 2018, Rallybio was founded as a privately-held, development-stage biotechnology company focused on bringing life-transforming medicines to patients…
The Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center became the 16th National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center
In 2018, the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center became the 16th National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center funded with…
PMI BioPharma Solutions was founded
In 2018, PMI BioPharma Solutions was established in Nashville to offer a full range of research and development…
Native BioData Consortium was founded
In 2018, the Native BioData Consortium was founded as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit research institute led by Indigenous scientists…
Omahan Donated $3 million for prostate cancer research to Buffett Cancer Center
On Dec. 13, 2017, longtime Omaha art teacher and businessman Gerald “Jerry” Pabst donated $3 million through an…
Costco co-founder Jeff Brotman and Dan Baty donated $50 million to create the Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine
On Dec. 6, 2017, Costco Founder Jeffrey and Susan Brotman and Pam and Dan Baty announced a $50…
Ozempic (semaglutide) was approved in the U.S.
On Dec. 5, 2017, Novo Nordisk announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved Ozempic…
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FDA approved first biosimilar for the treatment of certain breast and stomach cancers
On Dec. 1, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Mylan’s Ogivri (trastuzumab-dkst) as a biosimilar…
Scientists Created First Semi-Synthetic Organism that Stored and Retrieved Unnatural Information
On Nov. 29, 2017, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) announced they had designed a bacterium with…
University of Washington surgeons performed region’s 1st ‘liver in a box’ transplant
On Nov. 28, 2017, surgeons at University of Washinton Medicine in Seattle announced they had performed the first…
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Genentech drug Hemlibra (emicizumab-kxwh) was approved
On Nov. 16, 2017, the the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Genentech drug Hemlibra (emicizumab-kxwh)…
Irving Family bequests $700 Million to Columbia and NewYork-Presbyterian for Cancer Research and Care
On Nov. 16, 2017, Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian announced that Florence Irving and her late husband, Herbert Irving,…
First wine making was discovered
On. Nov. 13, 2017, research by Dr. Patrick McGovern, Director of the Biomolecular Archaeology Laboratory at the University…
Wyss Medical Foundation pledged $2 million to support James P Stannard as Wyss Distinguished Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery
On Nov. 10, 2017, the Wyss Medical Foundation pledged $2 million to support James P. Stannard as the…
FDA licensed Heplisav-B, the new hepatitis B vaccine from Dynavax, for use in adults age 18 and older
On Nov. 9, 2017, Dynavax Technologies announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved HEPLISAV-B…
$13 million NIH grant to UNMC seeks to determine if vitamin D can produce infection-fighting peptide
On Nov. 9, 2017, UNMC announced that Jingwei Xie, Ph.D, a biomedical engineer, had been awarded a four-year,…
The Calgary Cancer Centre broke ground
On Nov. 3, 2017, construction started on the Calgary Cancer Centre located at the northeast corner of the…
Quest Diagnostics acquired Cleveland HeartLab
On Dec. 1, 2017, Quest Diagnostics announced it acquired Cleveland HeartLab, a leader in innovative diagnostic services for…
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Earth Microbiome Project scientists announced unprecedented catalog of microbial life on planet Earth
On Nov. 1, 2017, a study from the Earth Microbiome Project reported the most extensive snapshot ever of…
FDA licensed Shingrix, the new shingles vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline, for use in adults age 50 and older
On Oct. 23, 2017, GlaxoSmithKline announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved Shingrix (Zoster Vaccine…
Siteman Cancer Center became one of the first cancer centers nationwide to offer newly approved CAR-T cell therapy called Yescarta
On Oct. 18, 2017, the Siteman Cancer Center became one of the first cancer centers nationwide to offer…
Norman “Ned” Sharpless was sworn in as the 15th Director of the National Cancer Institute
On Oct. 17, 2017, Norman “Ned” Sharpless was sworn in as the 15th Director of the National Cancer…
NIH partners with leading companies to accelerate development of cancer immunotherapies
On Oct. 12, 2017, the NIH and 11 leading biopharmaceutical companies launched the Partnership for Accelerating Cancer Therapies…
NIH completed atlas of human DNA differences that influence gene expression
On Oct. 11, 2017, researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced they had completed a…
Paul G Allen Frontiers Group announced two new Allen Discovery Centers
On Oct. 11, 2017, the Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announced the creation of two new Allen Discovery…
$13.4 million to build next-gen MRI brain scanner at UC Berkeley
On Oct. 6, 2017, UC Berkeley researchers announced they had developed reimagined fMRI techniques and instruments to boost…
Michael Rosbash was awarded 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
On Oct. 2, 2017, The Nobel Assembly announced that Michael Rosbash, a HHMI investigator, Jeffrey Hall of Brandeis…