John Siegfried

About the author: John Siegfried is a doctor who serves as a senior medical officer for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), a trade association representing the American research-based pharmaceutical industry. Siegfried has worked as a volunteer physician caring for AIDS patients at the Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center, a leading AIDS facility in Washington, D.C.

The United States pharmaceutical industry has led the way in producing anti-HIV/AIDS medicines to help those suffering with AIDS around the world. In only a decade and a half, the industry has developed fifty-four AIDS medicines and has plans to develop over one hundred more, including an HIV vaccine. Bristol-Myers Squibb is spending $100 million over five years to fund AIDS research...