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Civil Litigation

Apr. 12, 2019

Fraud claim added to liability suit against HIV drug maker

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has again sued pharmaceutical drug company Gilead Sciences Inc. over the safety of its HIV drugs, this time adding a fraud claim over allegedly withholding a safer alternative drug.

An HIV litigation firm has again sued pharmaceutical drug company Gilead Sciences Inc. over the safety of its HIV drugs, this time adding a fraud claim over allegedly withholding a safer alternative drug.

The lawsuit, filed Wednesday by Liza M. Brereton of HIV Litigation Attorneys, said the company for years knowingly marketed drugs containing a toxic byproduct known as tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, or TDF, instead of a safer desig...

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