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20 May 2015Americas

Gilead faces fresh Sovaldi challenge

Gilead Sciences is facing a challenge to its attempt to obtain a patent for its hepatitis C drug Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) in certain Asian, Latin American and European countries.

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23 June 2015   China’s State Intellectual Property Office has rejected Gilead Sciences’s patent application covering its Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) drug after it was challenged by a non-profit group.


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Public interest group challenges ‘unmerited’ Gilead patents
26 October 2017   Non-profit group the Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (I-MAK) has accused Gilead of obtaining “unmerited patents” for its hepatitis C medicine sofosbuvir.
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23 June 2015   China’s State Intellectual Property Office has rejected Gilead Sciences’s patent application covering its Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) drug after it was challenged by a non-profit group.

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Public interest group challenges ‘unmerited’ Gilead patents
26 October 2017   Non-profit group the Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (I-MAK) has accused Gilead of obtaining “unmerited patents” for its hepatitis C medicine sofosbuvir.
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Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance drops Sovaldi opposition
16 September 2015   The Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance has dropped its opposition to a patent application filed by Gilead Sciences covering its hepatitis C drug Sovaldi.
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23 June 2015   China’s State Intellectual Property Office has rejected Gilead Sciences’s patent application covering its Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) drug after it was challenged by a non-profit group.

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