Timeline of key events in biotechnology
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Date | Event | People | Places | Sciences |
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18 Dec 2019 | FDA granted accelerated approval for Seattle Genetics drug for advanced urothelial cancer | Seattle Genetics | Monoclonal antibodies, Oncology | |
23 Dec 2019 | Seattle Genetics submitted New Drug Application to FDA for testing tucatinib in patients with locally advanced or metatastic HER2-positive breast cancer | Seattle Genetics | Monoclonal antibodies, Oncology | |
30 Dec 2019 | Chinese scientist convicted for using CRISPR-Cas9 in human babies | Jiankui | Southern University of Science and Technology of China | Crispr-Cas9, Gene editing, |
30 Dec 2019 | Li Wenliang, a doctor working in Wuhan, China, warned fellow doctors of a possible outbreak of a new disease resembling severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) | Li Wenliang | Wuhan Central Hospital | Covid-19 |
31 Dec 2019 | China alerted WHO of several unusual cases of pneumonia in Wuhan | Covid-19 | ||
Jan 2020 | Seattle Genetics submitted marketing application for tucatinib to the European Medicines Agency | Seattle Genetics | Oncology | |
1 Jan 2020 | Wuhan shut down its Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market after several of its workers came down with a strange form of pneumonia | Covid-19 | ||
5 Jan 2020 | Chinese officials ruled out the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus, seen in 2002-2003, was the cause of the new pneumonia outbreak | Covid-19 | ||
7 Jan 2020 | WHO announced that Chinese officials had identified a new virus (2019-nCoV) linked to the outbreak of unusual pneumonia | Covid-19 | ||
9 Jan 2020 | The first person died in Wuhan from symptoms related to Covid-19 | Covid-19 | ||
11 Jan 2020 | China officially announced its first Covid-19 death | Covid-19 | ||
13 Jan 2020 | WHO reported the first case of Covid-19 in Thailand - the first one outside China | Covid-19 | ||
16 Jan 2020 | Japan Ministry of Health reported a confirmed Covid-19 case | Covid-19 | ||
17 Jan 2020 | Second Covid-19 death reported in Wuhan, China | Covid-19 | ||
17 Jan 2020 | Three US airports announced they would start screening passengers arriving from Wuhan | Covid-19 | ||
20 Jan 2020 | Third Covid-19 death recorded in Wuhan and more than 200 infections reported outside Hubei province | Covid-19 | ||
20 Jan 2020 | Chinese infectious disease expert confirmed Covid-19 spread by human to human contact | Covid-19 | ||
20 Jan 2020 | Asian countries introduced mandatory screenings at airports for all people arriving from high-risk areas of China to prevent the spread of Covid-19 by in | Covid-19 | ||
20 Jan 2020 | China reported its death toll from Covid-19 had risen to 17 and number of cases to be 550 | Covid-19 | ||
22 Jan 2020 | Mice experiments indicate gene therapy could provide long-lasting protection against different chemical nerve agents | Betapudi, Goswami, Silayeva, Doctor, Chilukuri | US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense | Gene therapy |
18 Dec 2019
FDA granted accelerated approval for Seattle Genetics drug for advanced urothelial cancer
23 Dec 2019
Seattle Genetics submitted New Drug Application to FDA for testing tucatinib in patients with locally advanced or metatastic HER2-positive breast cancer
30 Dec 2019
Chinese scientist convicted for using CRISPR-Cas9 in human babies
30 Dec 2019
Li Wenliang, a doctor working in Wuhan, China, warned fellow doctors of a possible outbreak of a new disease resembling severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
31 Dec 2019
China alerted WHO of several unusual cases of pneumonia in Wuhan
Jan 2020
Seattle Genetics submitted marketing application for tucatinib to the European Medicines Agency
1 Jan 2020
Wuhan shut down its Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market after several of its workers came down with a strange form of pneumonia
5 Jan 2020
Chinese officials ruled out the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus, seen in 2002-2003, was the cause of the new pneumonia outbreak
7 Jan 2020
WHO announced that Chinese officials had identified a new virus (2019-nCoV) linked to the outbreak of unusual pneumonia
9 Jan 2020
The first person died in Wuhan from symptoms related to Covid-19
11 Jan 2020
China officially announced its first Covid-19 death
13 Jan 2020
WHO reported the first case of Covid-19 in Thailand - the first one outside China
16 Jan 2020
Japan Ministry of Health reported a confirmed Covid-19 case
17 Jan 2020
Second Covid-19 death reported in Wuhan, China
17 Jan 2020
Three US airports announced they would start screening passengers arriving from Wuhan
20 Jan 2020
Third Covid-19 death recorded in Wuhan and more than 200 infections reported outside Hubei province
20 Jan 2020
Chinese infectious disease expert confirmed Covid-19 spread by human to human contact
20 Jan 2020
Asian countries introduced mandatory screenings at airports for all people arriving from high-risk areas of China to prevent the spread of Covid-19 by in
20 Jan 2020
China reported its death toll from Covid-19 had risen to 17 and number of cases to be 550
22 Jan 2020
Mice experiments indicate gene therapy could provide long-lasting protection against different chemical nerve agents
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