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CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFR14A
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20230405
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230405

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000882095
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES) [2836]
		IRS NUMBER:				943047598
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFR14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-19731
		FILM NUMBER:		23802428

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		333 LAKESIDE DR
		CITY:			FOSTER CITY
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94404
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6505743000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		333 LAKESIDE DR
		CITY:			FOSTER CITY
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94404

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GILEAD SCIENCES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930328
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>SUPPLEMENT
TO PROXY STATEMENT DATED MARCH 23, 2023,</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>FOR
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS</B></FONT></P>

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BE HELD ON MAY 3, 2023</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">This supplement (this &ldquo;Supplement&rdquo;),
dated April 5, 2023, supplements and amends the definitive proxy statement (the &ldquo;Proxy Statement&rdquo;) filed by Gilead Sciences,
Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) on March 23, 2023 for the 2023 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 3, 2023 (the &ldquo;Annual Meeting&rdquo;). This Supplement is being filed to correct a typographical
error and to clarify the voting standard for Proposal 5 &ndash; <I>Approval of the Gilead Sciences, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
and the Gilead Sciences, Inc. International Employee Stock Purchase Plan</I> (&ldquo;Proposal 5&rdquo;)<I>.</I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">Due to a typographical error on page 102 of
the Proxy Statement, the voting standard for Proposal 5 was inadvertently switched with the voting standard for Proposal 4 &ndash; <I>Approval,
on an advisory basis, of the frequency of future advisory stockholder votes on executive compensation.</I> This Supplement hereby amends
and replaces the table set forth on page 102 of the Proxy Statement with the following corrected version of the table:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 48%; padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Vote Required</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Proposal 1 &ndash; Election of the nine director nominees named in this Proxy Statement to serve for the next year and until their successors are elected and qualified.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Majority of votes cast (number of shares voted &ldquo;for&rdquo; a director must exceed the number of shares voted &ldquo;against&rdquo; that director).</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Proposal 2 &ndash; Ratification of the selection of Ernst &amp; Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Majority of the shares entitled to vote on the proposal and present in person or represented by proxy.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Proposal 3 &ndash; Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our Named Executive Officers as presented in this Proxy Statement.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Majority of the shares entitled to vote on the proposal and present in person or represented by proxy.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Proposal 4 &ndash; Approval, on an advisory basis, of the frequency of future advisory stockholder votes on executive compensation.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The frequency receiving the most votes will be considered the recommendation of stockholders.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Proposal 5 &ndash; Approval of the Gilead Sciences, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the Gilead Sciences, Inc. International Employee Stock Purchase Plan</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Majority of the shares entitled to vote on the proposal and present in person or represented by proxy.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Proposal 6 &ndash; Vote on a stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, requesting the Board implement a process to nominate at least one more candidate than the number of directors to be elected.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Majority of the shares entitled to vote on the proposal and present in person or represented by proxy.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Proposal 7 &ndash; Vote on a stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, requesting the Board amend the company governing documents to give street name shares and non-street name shares an equal right to call a special stockholder meeting</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Majority of the shares entitled to vote on the proposal and present in person or represented by proxy.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Proposal 8 &ndash; Vote on a stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, requesting a report on a process by which the impact of extended patent exclusivities on product access would be considered in deciding whether to apply for secondary and tertiary patents</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Majority of the shares entitled to vote on the proposal and present in person or represented by proxy.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">Thus, the voting standard for Proposal 5 is
as set forth in the table above, and this Supplement hereby amends and replaces the words &ldquo;at the Annual Meeting&rdquo; with &ldquo;on
Proposal 5&rdquo; in the first sentence of the fifth paragraph on page 84 of the Proxy Statement, so that the sentence reads as follows:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; background-color: white">The affirmative vote of the holders
of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on Proposal 5 will be required to approve the
Plans.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">Except as specifically supplemented by the
information contained herein, this Supplement does not revise or update any of the other information set forth in the Proxy Statement.
This Supplement does not provide all of the information that is important to your voting decisions at the Annual Meeting, and the Proxy
Statement contains other important additional information. This Supplement should be read in conjunction with the Proxy Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">If you have already returned your proxy or
voting instruction card or provided voting instructions, you do not need to take any action unless you wish to change your vote. If you
have submitted a proxy and wish to change your vote, you may revoke your proxy and change your vote by following the instructions in Question
11 of the section titled &ldquo;Questions and Answers&rdquo; of the Proxy Statement. This Supplement does not change the proposals to
be acted upon at the Annual Meeting, which are described in the Proxy Statement.</P>

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