•PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) Test for early detection of Prostate Cancer – IP owned by RPCI – receive royalties •Avonex – most widely prescribed drug for relapsing MS – first treatment shown to slow progress of the disease – approved in 1996 - developed by Larry Jacobs group – sold by Biogen ($0.5B per year) – WNY/UB doesn’t receive any direct funds from the sale of Avonex •Nicorette Gum – Developed by professor doing decompression studies on sailors who needed to keep taking a break to smoke a cigarette, so developed this to enable him to finish his decompression studies – do we make anything?? •Tarantula Venom – prevent atrial fibrillation, which is a leading cause of death following a heart attack – so far, works for rabbits (Fred Sachs) •Developed and patented a high-throughput search process for structural biology that tests 1536 “chemical cocktails” to enhance method of crystallization.