FY-2007 Top 20 Commercially Successful Inventions

(based on royalties on product sales)

photo: syringe, ampoules VACCINES & THERAPEUTICS
Rank      
2 Monoclonal Antibody for Treatment of RSV Murphy et al. NIAID
4 HPV Vaccines Based Upon Recombinant Papillomavirus Capsid Proteins Lowy et al. NCI
5 Synthetic Thyrotropin as Adjuvant in Thyroid Cancer Wondisford et al. NIDDK
6 AIDS Drug ddI Mitsuya et al. NCI
7 Proteosome Inhibitor for Treatment of Multiple Myeloma Gupta et al. NCI
8 Paclitaxel as a Cancer Treatment Wilson et al. NCI
9 Hepatitis A Vaccine (Strain HM-175) Daemer et al. / Funkhouser et al. NIAID
10 Nutritional Supplement to Treat Macular Degeneration Ferris et al. NEI
11 Novel Protease Inhibitor for Treatment of Drug-Resistant HIV-1 Erickson et al. NCI
13 Radioimmunotherapy for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Gansow et al. NCI
14 Vaccinia Virus Vector Used in Veterinary Biologicals/Vaccines Moss et al. NIAID
17 Palifermin for Treatment of Oral Mucositis Rubin et al. NCI
 
 
photo: human puzzle with stethoscope DIAGNOSTICS
Rank      
3 Serological Detection of Antibodies to HIV-1 Gallo et al. / Montagnier et al. NCI
12 DNA Probe for Breast Cancer Diagnosis King et al. NCI
16 Genoyping of HIV Protease Gene Oroszlan et al. NCI
18 Serological Detection of Antibodies to HTLV-1 Papas et al. NCI
 
 
abstract illustration: instrumentation INSTRUMENTATION & DEVICES
Rank      
1 Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System Kinsella et al. NIA
15 Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Through Magnetization Transfer Balaban et al. NHLBI
19 Diffusion Tensor Magnetic Resonance Imaging Basser et al. NICHD
20 Laser Capture Microdissection Liotta et al. NCI