Our Products
HIV Products
· Viread is an oral formulation of a nucleotide analogue reverse transcriptase
inhibitor, dosed once a day as part of combination therapy to treat human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) infection in adults. We sell Viread in the United States through
our U.S. commercial team and wholesalers, in the major European countries through
our European commercial team and distributors, and in Japan through our corporate
partner, Japan Tobacco. We have an exclusive, worldwide license to patent rights
and related technology for Viread from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and
Biochemistry (part of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic) and Rega
Stichting v.z.w. (together, IOCB/REGA).
· Emtriva is an oral formulation of a nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase
inhibitor, dosed once a day as part of a combination therapy to treat HIV infection
in adults. We sell Emtriva in the United States through our U.S. commercial
team and wholesalers and in the major European countries through our European
commercial team and distributors. We have an exclusive, worldwide license to
patent rights and related technology for Emtriva from Emory University.
· Truvada is an oral tablet dosed once a day as part of a combination therapy
to treat HIV infection in adults. It is a fixed-dose combination of our anti-HIV
medications Emtriva and Viread. Truvada combines 200 mg of emtricitabine (Emtriva)
and 300 mg of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (Viread). Truvada is currently sold
in the United States through our U.S. commercial team and wholesalers. Our international
commercial team began launching Truvada in the European Union following recent
regulatory approval in February 2005. We have an exclusive, worldwide license
to patent rights and related technology for the components of Truvada from IOCB/REGA
and Emory University.
AmBisome
· AmBisome is a proprietary liposomal formulation of amphotericin B, a powerful
antifungal agent to treat serious invasive fungal infections caused by various
fungal species. By delivering amphotericin B in our proprietary liposomal formulation,
AmBisome reduces the rate and severity of kidney toxicity and injection-related
reactions associated with amphotericin B and allows patients to receive higher
doses of amphotericin B. AmBisome is approved for sale in more than 45 countries,
including the United States and the countries of the European Union. In more
than 20 of the countries where AmBisome is approved, including the United States,
we are authorized to promote AmBisome for empirical treatment of fungal infections,
that is, treatment of patients where a strong suspicion, without definite confirmation,
exists for a potentially life-threatening invasive fungal infection. In the
remaining countries, AmBisome is approved for use either as first-line treatment
of serious invasive fungal infection or as second-line treatment after conventional
amphotericin B therapy fails or when conventional amphotericin B cannot be tolerated.
We market AmBisome in the major countries of Europe and co-promote AmBisome
in the United States with Fujisawa Healthcare, Inc. (Fujisawa).
Hepsera
· Hepsera is an oral formulation of a nucleotide analogue hepatitis B virus
(HBV) DNA polymerase inhibitor, dosed once a day to treat chronic hepatitis
B. Hepsera is approved for sale in the United States for the treatment of chronic
hepatitis B in adults with evidence of active viral replication and either evidence
of persistent elevations in serum aminotransferases (ALT or AST) or histologically
active liver disease. Our U.S. commercial team and wholesalers sell Hepsera
in the United States. We sell Hepsera in the major European Union countries
through our European commercial team and distributors. We have licensed the
rights to commercialize Hepsera solely for the treatment of hepatitis B in China,
Japan, Korea, Taiwan, the rest of Asia, Latin America and certain other territories
to GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), which launched Hepsera in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan
in 2004. We have an exclusive, worldwide license to patent rights and related
technology for adefovir dipivoxil from IOCB/REGA.
Vistide
· Vistide is an antiviral medication for the treatment of cytomegalovirus (CMV)
retinitis in patients with AIDS. CMV retinitis is a condition characterized
by lesions that form on a patient’s retina that affects persons with weakened
immune systems and is most common in patients with AIDS. Vistide is approved
for sale and is sold in the United States by our U.S. commercial team, and by
Gilead’s ex-U.S. partner, Pfizer Inc. (Pfizer) (formerly Pharmacia Corporation),
in 25 countries for the treatment of CMV retinitis in patients with AIDS.
DaunoXome
· DaunoXome is a liposomal formulation of the anticancer agent daunorubicin.
It is approved for sale and has been sold in more than 20 countries for the
treatment of AIDS-related Kaposi’s sarcoma. It is sold in the United States
by our U.S. commercial team and by independent distributors abroad. In December
2003, we decided to discontinue selling this product; however, in 2004, we subsequently
received unanticipated requests in Europe to reconsider selling DaunoXome. We
are continuing to sell this product in a limited number of countries and are
currently evaluating our supply and sales strategy with regard to this product.
Other Royalty Sources
· Macugen is an anti-angiogenic injection for the treatment of neovascular
age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The drug is an inhibitor of vascular
endothelial growth factor (VEGF), which is known to play a role in the development
of certain ophthalmic diseases. Macugen was approved by the FDA in the United
States in December 2004 and began selling in January 2005. The product is not
yet approved outside the United States. Macugen was developed by Eyetech Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. (Eyetech), using technology licensed from us. Eyetech holds the exclusive
rights to manufacture and sell Macugen worldwide, subject to Eyetech’s obligation
to pay us a percentage of the net revenues that Eyetech generates from Macugen
sales. The patents to the technology we license to Eyetech expire in 2017 in
the United States and Europe.
· Tamiflu is an oral pill for the treatment and prevention of influenza A and
B. Tamiflu is in a class of prescription drugs called neuraminidase inhibitors.
Tamiflu is approved in more than 60 countries, including the United States,
Japan and the countries of the European Union for treatment of influenza in
children and adults. Tamiflu is also approved in the United States and the European
Union for the prevention of influenza in adolescents and adults. We developed
Tamiflu with F. Hoffmann-LaRoche Ltd (Roche), and Roche has the exclusive right
to manufacture and sell Tamiflu worldwide, subject to its obligation to pay
us a percentage of the net revenues that Roche generates from Tamiflu sales,
subject to reduction for certain defined manufacturing costs.