University of Queensland ultrasound treatment for Alzheimer’s licensed to new startup
On Dec. 17, 2024, scientists at The University of Queensland (UQ) announced they had licensed a promising ultrasound…
New CRISPR Toolkit to Allow Remote-Controlled Genome Editing
On Dec. 2, 2024, engineers in the University of Southern Califoronia (USC) Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical…
Medical imaging breakthrough could transform cancer and arthritis diagnosis
On Sept. 30, 2024, a University College London research team announced technology that can deliver photoacoustic tomography (PAT)…
U.S. launched largest ever liver cancer screening study VA launched largest ever liver cancer screening study
On Dec. 8, 2022, the Department of Veterans Affairs embarked on a study to determine the most effective…
FDA Approved Expanded BOTOX® Label to Include Eight New Muscles to Treat Adults with Upper Limb Spasticity
On Jul. 29, 2021, BOTOX(R) Allergan, an AbbVie company, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
Philips received FDA clearance for use of ultrasound portfolio to manage COVID-19-related lung and cardiac complications
On May 13, 2020, Royal Philips announced that it had received 510(k) clearance from the FDA to market…
Achieve Life Sciences announced merger with OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals
On Aug. 1, 2017, Achieve Life Sciences announced it had merged with OncoGenex and was renamed Achieve Life…
Abbott completed acquisition of St Jude Medical for $25 billion
On Jan. 4, 2017, Abbott announced it had completed the acquisition of St. Jude Medical for $25 billion….
New prostate cancer therapy investigated at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
On Sept. 22, 2016, Vanderbilt University Medical Center became the world’s first site to treat a prostate cancer…
SonoSite acquired VisualSonics for $67.9 million
On Jun. 30, 2010, SonoSite acquired VisualSonics, a Toronto-based company focused on ultra high-frequency micro-ultrasound technology, for $67.9…
Sonus Pharmaceuticals was acquired by OncoGenex
On Aug. 20, 2008, Sonus Pharmaceuticals was acquired by OncoGenex Technologies in a reverse merger transaction worth $10.36…
University of Washington researchers published first reports of ultrasonic duplex scanning for arterial and venous disorders
On Mar. 1, 1974, researchers from the University of Washington (UW) published in Transactions in Biomedical Engineering, the…
Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown in record setting time
On Jun. 9, 1973 Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths and a time of 2:24 flat,…
Secretariat won the Preakness Stakes in record setting time
On May 19, 1973 Secretariat won the Preakness Stakes in a record setting time of 1:53, a stakes…
Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby in record setting time
On May 5, 1973 Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby in a record setting time of 1:59 2/5, a…
Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) was founded
In 1969, Advanced Technology Laboratories was founded in 1969 and became one of the leading diagnostic ultrasound imaging…
Karl Theodore Dussik published a paper on the medical application of ultrasonics
In 1942, Austrian physiatrist Karl Theodore Dussik published a paper on the medical application of ultrasonics in his…