Gilead settles patent case around HIV drug Descovy - San Francisco Business Times

HIV drug pioneer Gilead Sciences Inc. made sure its leadership spot is well protected into 2032, settling a case this week with the makers of five potential generic versions of its second-generation HIV prevention drug Descovy.

, which would be groundbreaking because it would be injected just under the skin only twice a year to treat HIV. Gilead also is studying lenacapavir as a possible long-term PrEP medication. The HIV prevention market, which tailed off like other drug markets during the height of Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns, grew in the first couple quarters of this year, O'Day said.

It wasn't clear what else the companies may have received in return for agreeing in U.S. District Court in Delaware to delay commercialization of their lower-cost generics.

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