In 2018, the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center became the 16th National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center funded with…
On Dec. 13, 2016, Bristol-Myers Squibb announced that it would not renew its lease at the Lake Union…
On Oct. 21, 2015, the Omar Boraie Chair in Genomic Science was established at Rutgers Cancer Institute. The…
On Sept. 18, 2015, Stephen J. Elledge from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Evelyn M. Witkin from Rutgers…
On May 5, 2015, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey was one of seven international sites to offer…
On Jan. 29, 2015, a Rutgers University study suggests that pregnant women and young children are more susceptible…
On Dec. 23, 2014, Juno Therapeutics announced the closing of its initial public offering of 12.7 million shares…
On Sept. 23, 2014, Bristol-Myers Squibb announced plans to build a 650,000-square-foot office building on company-owned land in…
On Mar. 24, 2011, Zostavax, manufactured by Merck of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, was approved by the U.S….
On May 25, 2006, Zostavax, manufactured by Merck & Co. of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, was approved by…
On Aug. 11, 2005, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an application of a pediatric/adolescent formulation of…
On May 5, 2001, molecular biologist Shirley M. Tilghman was elected the first woman president of Princeton University….
On Sept. 1, 1999, Princeton University researchers reported that they had genetically modified mice to have improved learning…
In 1997, Bristol-Myers Squibb opened a 433-acre research campus in Hopewell, New Jersey. Two important new medicines co-developed…
In 1994, The Biotechnology Council of New Jersey (BCNJ) was founded. Today, BioNJ is the life sciences trade…
In 1992, Elizabeth Gould of Princeton University published observations of neurogenesis in the adult brain. Her initial observations…
In 1991, the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey was established at Rutgers, the State University of New…
In 1982, Merck Frosst Canada was created through the restructuring of Merck & Co., Charles E. Frosst, and…
In 1979, the most frequently mutated gene in human cancer, p53, was identified by six groups of researchers…
In 1978, Squibb formed ConvaTec as a separate division to develop adhesive skin barriers and products that could…
On Oct. 13, 1976, the swine flu vaccination program in the U.S. was suspended following reports of paralysis. …
In 1976, Influenza A/Victoria-like strains had been identified in New Jersey as early as January 21. The novel…
In 1971, Squibb established worldwide headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey. It also expanded facilities for the Squibb Institute…
In 1966, the American Chemical Society awarded the Priestley Medal to William Oliver Baker “to recognize distinguished services…
In 1965, Merck & Co. of New Jersey acquired Charles E. Frosst. In 1968, Merck Frosst Laboratories was…
In 1947, the Priestley Medal was awarded to Warren K. Lewis by the American Chemical Society “to recognize…
In 1940, Squibb obtained cultures of penicillium notatum from the U.K. and developed deep tank fermentation processes for…
On Oct. 11, 1938, the Squibb Biological Laboratories, New Brunswick, New Jersey, established a new laboratory for the…
In 1937, Johnsonﾠ &ﾠ Johnson established Ortho Research Laboratories in Linden, New Jersey, to make women’s health products.
In 1916, George Harrison Shull accepted a professorship at Princeton University. At his instigation, Princeton University Press began…