Gilead Makes a Splash: Dives Deep Into the Patent Pool and Comes Up With a Pill

Gilead Makes a Splash: Dives Deep Into the Patent Pool and Comes Up With a Pill
12 July 2011. The pharmaceutical giant, Gilead, has announced that it s putting into the Medicines Patent Pool several of its antiretroviral drugs, including tenofovir, an essential drug for one of today s safest and most effective treatment regimens for AIDS.What s the Medicines Patent Pool (http://www.medicinespatentpool.org)? It aims to improve access to affordable …