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John W. Mellors, MD

From the October 2006 revisions to the DHHS adult and adolescent HIV treatment guidelines (appendix A):

Dr. Mellors serves on the HIV Advisory Boards (and receives compensation) for:
Abbott Laboratories
Achillion Pharmaceuticals (this fact was discovered by accident and is not reported in his 10/06 DHHS disclosure)
Gilead Sciences
Merck & Co.
Virco-Tibotec (a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, Inc.)

Dr. Mellors owns stock or stock options in the following companies with HIV products in development:
Achillion Pharmaceuticals
Depomed, Inc.
Pharmasset, Inc.

Dr. Mellors owns patents or has patents pending with:
Emory University
National Cancer Institute
University of California - San Diego
University of Pittsburgh



2004 conflict of interest/competing interest disclosures for John W. Mellors

From the DHHS treatment guidelines (10/29/2004)

Achillion Pharmaceuticals: Stock holder
Boehringer Ingelheim: HIV Advisory Board
Gilead Sciences: HIV Advisory Board
GlaxoSmithKline: HIV Advisory Board
Idenix Pharmaceuticals: Stock holder
Merck & Co.: HIV Advisory Board
Pharmasset: Stock options
Tibotec-Virco: HIV Advisory Board

Source: see new Appendix A, "DHHS Panel on Clinical Practices for Treatment of HIV Infection Conflict of Interest Disclosure – October 2004," of the DHHS "Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1 Infected Adults and Adolescents" at
http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/guidelines (accessed March 26, 2005)