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20 September 2018Europe

Gilead HIV drug not entitled to SPC, says UK court

The English High Court has ruled that Gilead’s drug Truvada is not entitled to a supplementary protection certificate (SPC) because it failed to meet the standards set out by Europe’s highest court earlier this year.

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