- William Blair 29th Annual Growth Stock Conference on June 9th -FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 2, 2009--
      Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:GILD) announced today that the company
      will be webcasting its corporate presentation at two upcoming investor
      conferences: the William Blair 29th Annual Growth Stock
      Conference in Chicago and the Goldman Sachs 30th Annual
      Global Healthcare Conference in New York.
    
Kevin Young, Gilead’s Executive Vice President of Commercial Operations,
      will provide an overview of the company at the William Blair conference
      on Tuesday, June 9 at 3:10 p.m. CDT (4:10 p.m. EDT).
    
John F. Milligan, PhD, Gilead’s President and Chief Operating Officer,
      will provide an overview of the company at the Goldman Sachs conference
      on Thursday, June 11 at 10:20 a.m. EDT.
    
      To access the live webcasts via the internet log on to www.gilead.com.
      Please connect to the company’s website at least 15 minutes prior to
      each live presentation to ensure adequate time for any software download
      that may be necessary to listen to the webcast.
    
About Gilead
Gilead Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops
      and commercializes innovative therapeutics in areas of unmet medical
      need. The company's mission is to advance the care of patients suffering
      from life-threatening diseases worldwide. Headquartered in Foster City,
      California, Gilead has operations in North America, Europe and Australia.
    
For more information on Gilead Sciences, please visit www.gilead.com
      or call the Gilead Public Affairs Department at 1-800-GILEAD-5
      (1-800-445-3235).
Source: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
      Gilead Sciences, Inc.Susan Hubbard, 650-522-5715 (Investor
      Relations)