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Breaking News... Versartis announces pricing of follow-on offering September 28, 2016 Teva announces launch of generic Epzicom® tablets in the U.S. September 28, 2016 Abbott receives FDA approval for FreeStyle Libre ProTM system September 28, 2016 Medtronic receives FDA clearance of TrailBlazer angled peripheral support catheter September 28, 2016 Immune Design advances first GLAAS™-based allergy program into clinical development September 28, 2016 Phase 1 data reinforce clinical profile of epacadostat in combination with Keytruda® September 28, 2016 Oral OTEZLA(R) (apremilast) long-term safety data reported in psoriasis September 28, 2016 More... \| Submit News Release \| Advertising...
New Job Postings... Senior Scientist, Analytical Development @ ZymoGenetics Senior Specialist, Pharmacovigilance @ Aptevo Therapeutics Scientist/Engineer 1-2, Purification @ Just Biotherapeutics Clinical Assistant Member Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason (WA) Senior Scientist Aptevo Therapeutics Inc (WA) Administrative Assistant III Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason (WA) Senior Specialist, Pharmacovigilance Aptevo Therapeutics Inc (WA) Vice President, Scientific Computing Alder Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (WA) Senior Scientist, Analytical Development ZymoGenetics, Inc., a Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (WA) Manager, Microbiology, Quality Control ZymoGenetics, Inc., a Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (WA) Scientist, Analytical Development ZymoGenetics, Inc., a Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (WA) Associate Director, Quality Control ZymoGenetics, Inc., a Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (WA) Manager, Clinical Data Management Alder Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (WA) More... \| Job Advertising...
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September 28 is World Rabies Day.

World Rabies Day, a global health observance that seeks to raise awareness about rabies and enhance prevention and control efforts.

Co-sponsored by CDC and the Alliance for Rabies Control (ARC) since 2007, World Rabies Day has been celebrated in countries throughout the world, including the U.S.

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LifeScience Moment: Ether was first used as a surgical anesthetic."

On September 30, 1846, ether was first used as a surgical inhalation anesthetic by William Morton to extract a tooth from merchant Eben Frost at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

Dr. Crawford Long, an American physician and pharmacist in Jefferson, Georgia, used ether for the first time on March 30, 1842 to remove a tumor from the neck of James M. Venable. Long subsequently removed a second tumor from Venable, and later used ether as an anesthetic in amputations and childbirth. The results of these trials were published in 1848 in The Southern Medical and Surgical Journal.

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