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31 March 2022Pharma

Gilead loses bid to quash parallel antitrust HIV lawsuit

Gilead Sciences has failed to prevent insurer Aetna from pursuing its lawsuit in a US state court, as it faces a spate of antitrust complaints alleging that it used pay-for-delay deals to maintain the high costs of HIV drugs.

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