1986

1^st human clinical trial of rEPO shows efficacy in CRF patients with severe anaemia.

Eli Lilly launches selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) class antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac).

Cohen & Levi-Montalcini: Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine for discovery of growth factors that regulate cell development.

Rohrer, Binning & Ruska: Noble Prize in Physics for design of scanning tunnelling microscope & electron microscope.

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