Listen: HHS Files Challenge Over Rights To Gilead’s HIV-Prevention Drug

November 7, 2019

Kaiser Health News’ Shefali Luthra spoke with Jeremy Hobsons, host of WBUR’s Hear & Now, about the Trump administration’s lawsuit over sales of the HIV-prevention drug Truvada.

You can read the text of the lawsuit here.

Check out this earlier, related California Healthline story: Out-Of-Pocket Costs Put HIV Prevention Drug Out Of Reach For Many At Risk (Luthra and Gorman, 7/16/2018).

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November 7, 2019

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<h1>Listen: HHS Files Challenge Over Rights To Gilead’s HIV-Prevention Drug</h1><p>Kaiser Health News’ Shefali Luthra spoke with Jeremy Hobsons, host of <a href="https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/11/07/trump-patent-lawsuit-hiv-drugs">WBUR’s Hear & Now</a>, about the Trump administration’s lawsuit over sales of the HIV-prevention drug Truvada.</p>
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<p>You can read the text of the lawsuit <a href="https://californiahealthline.org/Users/sstapleton/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/Content.Outlook/UVLUUCTY/DED-1-99-cv-de787-1%20(003)%20(002).pdf">here</a>.</p>
<p>Check out this earlier, related California Healthline story: <a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/out-of-pocket-costs-put-hiv-prevention-drug-out-of-reach-for-many-at-risk/">Out-Of-Pocket Costs Put HIV Prevention Drug Out Of Reach For Many At Risk</a> (Luthra and Gorman, 7/16/2018).</p>

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