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

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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<h1>Listen: HHS Files Challenge Over Rights To Gilead’s HIV-Prevention Drug</h1>
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<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><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><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><img src="https://ssl.google-analytics.com/collect?v=1&t=event&ec=Republish&tid=UA-72777370-1&z=1713616099378&cid=393a95cb-ac4f-4826-92a6-d6b569690efd&ea=https%3A%2F%2Fcaliforniahealthline.org%2Fnews%2Flisten-hhs-files-challenge-over-rights-to-gileads-hiv-prevention-drug%2F&el=Listen%3A%20HHS%20Files%20Challenge%20Over%20Rights%20To%20Gilead%27s%20HIV-Prevention%20Drug"/>

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