BioHistory Moment: FDA requested help in removing a hazardous product, "X-33 Water Repellent," from the market
On August 30, 1964, the FDA asked state and local health and safety officials for help in removing "X-33 Water Repellent"
from the market. The extremely flammable product had caused three deaths and more than 30 injuries through flash explosions,
in many cases while it was being used in home basements to waterproof masonry.
Federal oversight of consumer products such as X-33 and many other items used in the home was transferred to the newly
created Consumer Product Safety Commission in 1973. One class of consumer products still regulated by the FDA is
radiation-emitting products.
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Learn about Seattle's Life Science Incubator Facility
Seattle's Life Science Incubator Research facility was commissioned in 1988, and is a contemporary-designed building provided with
modern research systems. Four floors are specifically laboratory space, one floor is a fully equipped vivarium and one floor is clinical
space and management offices. The faciility is centrally located in close proximity to downtown Seattle, the University of Washington,
the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and more.
Learn about this and other biotechnology, medical device and pharmaceutical facilities available for sale,
lease or sublease in New Jersey, regionally or nationwide.
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- Allergan resolves investigation of past sales and marketing practices related to BOTOX(R) Allergan announced a resolution with the U.S. Department of Justice regarding Allergan's past U.S. sales and marketing practices relating to therapeutic uses of BOTOX. Allergan pled guilty to a single misdemeanor "misbranding" charge covering the period 2000 through 2005 and will pay $375 million.
Allergan, Inc. September 01, 2010
- Implant Sciences appoints Bruce Bower as senior vice president Implant Sciences announced the appointment of Bruce Bower into the newly created position of Senior Vice President. In this position, Mr. Bower will lead Implant Sciences' marketing and sales efforts.
Implant Sciences Corporation September 01, 2010
- Merck and Cardiome annoumnce BRINAVESS for infusion approved in the European Union Merck and Cardiome Pharma Corp. announced that the intravenous (IV) formulation of BRINAVESS™ (vernakalant) has been granted marketing approval in the European Union (EU), Iceland and Norway for the rapid conversion of recent onset atrial fibrillation.
Merck & Co., Inc. September 01, 2010
- BARDA funds development of new way to treat illness from acute radiation The HHS Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority awarded a $153 million contract to Cellerant Therapeutics of San Carlos, Calif., to continue developing a new way to treat an illness caused by exposure to high levels of ionizing radiation which can damage the body’s cells.
U.S. Health & Human Services September 01, 2010
- U.S. Court of Appeals upholds validity of Lilly's Evista patents through March of 2014 Eli Lilly and Company announced that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed a prior ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana that the company's method-of-use patents for Evista are valid in the U.S. through March of 2014.
Eli Lilly and Company September 01, 2010
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Learn About New Jersey's BioHistory
Why is there a life science industry in New Jersey? Is the industry
growing? What do other states have?
Through New Jersey BioHistory, you can learn about the scientists,
institutions, political leaders, and significant events that have shaped and are still shaping
the biotechnology, medical device and life science industry in New Jersey.
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August: National Immunization Awareness Month
The goal of National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) is to increase awareness about immunizations across the life
span, from infants to the elderly.
Immunization is one of the most significant public health achievements of the 20th century. Vaccines have
eradicated smallpox, eliminated wild poliovirus in the U.S. and significantly reduced the number of cases of measles,
diphtheria, rubella, pertussis and other diseases. But despite these efforts, people in the U.S. still die from these
and other vaccine-preventable diseases.
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BioFact
(1963) - Congress establishes the Immunization Grant Program; polio incidence plummets to only 396 reported cases in the United States.
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Science Quote
" "It is unworthy of excellent men to lose hours like slaves in the labor of calculation which could be relegated to anyone else if machines were used.""
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