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15 April 2020PharmaRory O'Neill

Indian NGO wants Gilead patents cancelled

An association representing Indian cancer patients has asked the country’s government to cancel  Gilead Sciences’ patents on remdesivir, the experimental antiviral which is hoped can be used to treat coronavirus.

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