On Dec. 18, 1992, Taxol (paclitaxel), an anticancer drug extracted from the bark of the Pacific yew, received…
On Dec. 10, 1992, the Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus vaccine inactivated (JE-Vax by Research Foundation for Microbial Diseases…
On Dec. 3, 1992, The United Nations (UN) General Assembly proclaimed Dec. 3 as the International Day of…
On Nov. 19, 1992, Larry Moore was convicted of the murder of former Gallatin County Sheriff’s Deputy Brad…
On Nov. 2, 1992, the Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center bridge opened. The 660-foot-long suspended pedestrian enclosed skybridge is…
On Oct. 27, 1992, the CDC was officially renamed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, retraining its initials…
On Oct. 12, 1992, Edmond Fisher and Edwin Krebs of University of Washington’s (UW) School of Medicine received…
On Oct. 7, 1992, all U.S. mammography facilities, except those managed by the Department of Veterans Affairs, must…
On Sept. 3, 1992, PathoGenesis Corp. was founded by Robert Nowinski. The company, based in Seattle, developed an…
On Jun. 25, 1992, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the National Center for…
On May 13, 1992, the U.S. Congress announced the Generic Drug Enforcement Act, sponsored by Rep. John Dingell…
On Apr. 16, 1992, a controlled trial of showed low-dose methotrexate to be effective in resistant Juvenile rheumatoid…
In Apr. 13, 1982, Representative Henry Waxman, U.S. Congressman from Los Angeles, held the first congressional hearing on…
On Feb. 29, 1992, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced new food labeling rules. The purpose…
On Feb. 28, 1992, Madigan Army Medical Center opened its 1.2 million square foot complex, the newest and…
On Feb. 27, 1992, Dr. Robert Adams and Dr. Virgil C. McKie of the Medical College of Georgia…
In Jan. 1922, James Bertram Collip produced the first insulin for humans. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or…
In 1992, DNA evidence was used to identify Josef Mengele from skeletal remains. Bone DNA analysis was therefore…
In 1992, President George Bush signed the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) and under the Clinton administration,…
In 1992, Dr. Gerald Edelman joined the Research Institute of Scripps Clinic faculty (TSRI). In addition to his…
In 1992, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded the Pacific Health Research Institute its largest and most enduring…
In 1992, the University of Iowa (UI) Research Foundation received its first U.S. patent on the CMV promoter,…
In 1992, The Indiana University (IU) Cancer Center, now known as the IU Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive…
In 1992, the Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology (CROET) building opened on the Oregon Health…
In 1992, Riverfront Research Park at the University of Oregon dedicated its first building. In the early 1980’s,…
In 1992, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) President Peter O. Kohler, M.D. announced the appointment of Grover…
In 1992, the Oregon Cancer Center, later known as the OHSU Cancer Institute, was founded at Oregon Health…
In 1992, Virginia Biotechnology Association (VaBIO) was founded as a non-profit association that promotes the biotechnology industry in…
In 1992, Dendreon was founded, and its lead product, Provenge, was an immunotherapy for prostate cancer. Dendreon filed…
On Dec. 17, 1991, the Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine (Acel-Imune by Lederle) was licensed…