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The faculty reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME/CE activity:
Daniel R. Kuritzkes, MD, has disclosed that he has received consulting fees from Gilead Sciences and ViiV and fees for non-CME/CE services from Gilead Sciences. Dr. Kuritzkes disclosed in previous editions that he had received consulting fees from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celera, GlaxoSmithKline, InnaVirVax, Merck, and Tobira and funds for research support from Merck.
Joseph J. Eron, Jr., MD, has disclosed that he has received consulting fees from EMD Serono, Gilead Sciences, Janssen, Merck, TRIO Health, and ViiV and has received funds for research support from Gilead Sciences, Janssen, and ViiV. Dr. Eron disclosed in previous editions that he had received consulting fees from AbbVie, Avexa, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Chimerix, Inhibitex, Kainos, Koronis, Myriad, Pfizer, Roche Molecular Systems, Tobira, Tibotec/Janssen, and Virco; had received funds for research support from AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, Panacos, TaiMed, and Tobira; had served on speaker bureaus for Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, Roche, Tibotec, and Virco; and had served on the data and safety monitoring board for TaiMed and Vertex.
Mark Holodniy, MD, has no real or apparent conflicts of interest to report.
Bethany L. Peterson, PhD, has no real or apparent conflicts of interest to report.
Edward King, MA, has no real or apparent conflicts of interest to report.
Jennifer M. Blanchette, PhD, has no real or apparent conflicts of interest to report.
Megan Cartwright, PhD, has no real or apparent conflicts of interest.
The following faculty and staff have previously contributed to the content of this module and disclosed the following potential conflicts of interest:
John Delehanty, PhD, disclosed that he had served as a consultant for ArCuris GmbH at the time he contributed to this module.
Joel E. Gallant, MD, MPH, disclosed that he had received consulting fees from Abbott, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, Janssen, Japan Tobacco, Merck, Takara Bio, and ViiV; had served on advisory boards for Pfizer, RAPID Pharmaceuticals, Tibotec, and ViiV; had served on data and safety monitoring boards for Gilead Sciences, Koronis, and Sangamo; had received honoraria from Monogram Biosciences; and had received funds for research support from AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, Janssen, Merck, Roche, Sangamo, Vertex, and ViiV at the time he contributed to this module.
Elaine P. Seeskin had no real or apparent conflicts of interest to report as the time she contributed to this module.
Kimberly Y. Smith, MD, MPH, disclosed that she had served on advisory boards and as a consultant for Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Tibotec, and ViiV and had participated in speaker bureaus for GlaxoSmithKline and Merck at the time she contributed to this module.
Kathleen E. Squires, MD, disclosed that she had served on advisory boards for scientific purposes for Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, Janssen, Merck, and ViiV; had served on advisory boards for marketing purposes for Gilead Sciences and Janssen; had served on advisory boards for Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, Koronis, Pfizer, Schering-Plough, Tobira, and Tibotec; had received funds for research support from BioCryst, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Koronis, Merck, Schering-Plough, Tibotec, and Vertex; and had received consulting fees from GlaxoSmithKline and Merck at the time she contributed to this module.
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