HIV Drug Descovy May Increase Risk of High Blood Pressure: Study
Researchers warn that the hypertension risks linked to Descovy appear to increase with the age of the patient.
Researchers warn that the hypertension risks linked to Descovy appear to increase with the age of the patient.
Properly identifying patients at higher risk of transmission increases the benefits of prescribing certain HIV drugs as prophylactics, researchers determined.
This is the third antitrust trial victory for Gilead involving claims it participated in an Atripla and Truvada pay-to-delay generics scheme
The Gilead HIV drug lawsuit filed by the Justice Department claimed the drug maker violated patents held by the CDC for the use of Truvada and Descovy as preventative treatments.
Plaintiffs say kidney and bone injuries could have been avoided if Gilead had marketed its safer formulation to avoid the side effects of Atripla, Stribild and other HIV drugs.
Earlier Gilead antiviral drugs using similar molecular formulations carried black box warnings due to the risks of kidney damage.
Bristol-Myers Squibb has agreed to pay $10 million to resolve its part in the class action lawsuit over HIV drugs with allegedly inflated prices.
This and similar lawsuits claim Gilead sat on a safer formulation of its HIV drug for years in order to maximize its profits from the older, more toxic version.
Lawsuit indicates Gilead sat on safer drug formulations until it completely cashed in on the older, more dangerous TDF-based HIV drugs.