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Image of Box of Immunex Enbrel vials, 1999

Box of Immunex Enbrel vials, 1999

Scientists Steven Gillis and Christopher Henney, along with businessman Stephen Duzan, founded Immunex in July 1981. They envisioned the company's mission as developing, producing, and licensing diagnostic and therapeutic immunological products. Its successful drugs included LEUKINE (sargramostim) for patients undergoing bone marrow transplants, NOVANTRONE for multiple sclerosis, and ENBREL (etanercept), an anti-inflammatory used to treat arthritis. By 2001, Immunex was…
ID Number:2003.15.3
Date:1999
Image of Immunex Enbrel dosing system and box, 1999

Immunex Enbrel dosing system and box, 1999

Immunex, founded in 1981, was Seattle's largest biotechnology and pharmaceutical firm. It was purchased by Amgen in 2001. Enbrel (etanercept) is a prescription medicine used to treat five chronic diseases, including moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis.
ID Number:2003.15.4
Date:1999
Image of Box for Leukine Sargromostim, 2000

Box for Leukine Sargromostim, 2000

Scientists Steven Gillis and Christopher Henney, along with businessman Stephen Duzan, founded Immunex in July 1981. They envisioned the company's mission as developing, producing, and licensing diagnostic and therapeutic immunological products. Its successful drugs included LEUKINE (sargramostim) for patients undergoing bone marrow transplants, NOVANTRONE for multiple sclerosis, and ENBREL (etanercept), an anti-inflammatory used to treat arthritis. By 2001, Immunex was…
ID Number:2003.15.7
Date:2000
Image of Box for Novantrone Mitoxantrone for Injection Concentrate, 2000

Box for Novantrone Mitoxantrone for Injection Concentrate, 2000

Scientists Steven Gillis and Christopher Henney, along with businessman Stephen Duzan, founded Immunex in July 1981. They envisioned the company's mission as developing, producing, and licensing diagnostic and therapeutic immunological products. Its successful drugs included LEUKINE (sargramostim) for patients undergoing bone marrow transplants, NOVANTRONE for multiple sclerosis, and ENBREL (etanercept), an anti-inflammatory used to treat arthritis. By 2001, Immunex was…
ID Number:2003.15.10
Date:2000
Image of Braun-Diessel Bioreactor, ca. 1990

Braun-Diessel Bioreactor, ca. 1990

A bioreactor is a device that grows human cells or tissues. This bioreactor comes from the biotech company Immunex which was founded in Seattle in 1981 by research scientists Steven Gillis and Christopher Henney who were then studying human hormones and proteins at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. By 2001, Immunex was the largest biotechnology company in Washington State.…
ID Number:2003.15.11
Date:Circa 1990
Image of Pipette used in the labs at Immunex, ca. 1999

Pipette used in the labs at Immunex, ca. 1999

Scientists Steven Gillis and Christopher Henney, along with businessman Stephen Duzan, founded Immunex in July 1981. They envisioned the company's mission as developing, producing, and licensing diagnostic and therapeutic immunological products. Its successful drugs included LEUKINE (sargramostim) for patients undergoing bone marrow transplants, NOVANTRONE for multiple sclerosis, and ENBREL (etanercept), an anti-inflammatory used to treat arthritis. By 2001, Immunex was…
ID Number:2003.15.16
Date:1999
Image of Specimen containers used in the labs at Immunex, 1999

Specimen containers used in the labs at Immunex, 1999

Scientists Steven Gillis and Christopher Henney, along with businessman Stephen Duzan, founded Immunex in July 1981. They envisioned the company's mission as developing, producing, and licensing diagnostic and therapeutic immunological products. Its successful drugs included LEUKINE (sargramostim) for patients undergoing bone marrow transplants, NOVANTRONE for multiple sclerosis, and ENBREL (etanercept), an anti-inflammatory used to treat arthritis. By 2001, Immunex was…
ID Number:2003.15.20
Date:1999
Image of Tray of beakers used in the labs at Immunex, ca. 1999

Tray of beakers used in the labs at Immunex, ca. 1999

Scientists Steven Gillis and Christopher Henney, along with businessman Stephen Duzan, founded Immunex in July 1981. They envisioned the company's mission as developing, producing, and licensing diagnostic and therapeutic immunological products. Its successful drugs included LEUKINE (sargramostim) for patients undergoing bone marrow transplants, NOVANTRONE for multiple sclerosis, and ENBREL (etanercept), an anti-inflammatory used to treat arthritis. By 2001, Immunex was…
ID Number:2003.15.23
Date:1999
Image of The NORDIpenmate, a medicinal delivery device from Zymogenetics, 1999

The NORDIpenmate, a medicinal delivery device from Zymogenetics, 1999

ZymoGenetics, established in Seattle in 1981, was one of the oldest biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies in the US. It was founded by two University of Washington professors. The company was located on Lake Union until it was closed in 2019 after being acquired by Bristol Myers Squibb.
ID Number:2005.26.5
Date:2000
Image of Mark III ultrasound machine with 720 scanhead, ca. 1978

Mark III ultrasound machine with 720 scanhead, ca. 1978

The ATL Mark III Ultrasound Device represented a major breakthrough in medical imaging because it incorporated the first real time digital scan converter, which allow real-time and freeze frame display of ultrasound images on conventional video monitors. Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) was founded in 1969 by a group of engineers working on marine electronic systems. In 1974 ATL and the…
ID Number:2008.33.1
Date:Circa 1978
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