Bioforce USA announced that its meta analysis on Echinacea was chosen as one of the top 25 research papers of 2006 by the Annual Bibliography of Significant Advances in Dietary Supplement Research, published by The NIH, Office of Dietary Supplements. The research was conducted by Bioforce AG scientists Roland Schoop and Andy Suter. As stated by the NIH the purpose of this bibliography is “to raise the level of knowledge on scientific development of dietary supplements as they relate to health promotion, health maintenance and disease prevention.”