Department of Justice Reviewing Gilead and CDC’s HIV Patents

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is reviewing a government patent for HIV, according to a retired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) scientist. The scientist, Thomas Folks, indicated that an attorney with the DOJ visited the CDC in Atlanta on April 16 in order to question government researchers who were involved in the use of the HIV drug Truvada for the prevention of HIV infection. Folks retired from the CDC in 2007 and participated in one of the meetings via telephone to help explain the research his team made 15 years ago.