Company Profile
Gilead Sciences Inc.
Company Overview
Advancing Therapeutics, Improving Lives
Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet need. With each new discovery and experimental drug candidate, we seek to improve the care of patients suffering from life-threatening diseases.
Gilead’s primary areas of focus include HIV/AIDS, liver disease and serious cardiovascular/metabolic and respiratory conditions.
Our portfolio of 13 marketed products includes a number of category firsts and market leaders, including Atripla® (efavirenz 600 mg/emtricitabine 200 mg/ tenofovir disoproxil fumarate 300 mg) - the first single-tablet regimen for HIV infection. Viread® (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate), the company's first agent approved for HIV infection, was also approved in 2008 for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B.
