HIV PrEP Patent Dispute Escalates As HHS Files Suit Against Gilead
Executive Summary
Trump administration wants the HIV drug maker to license HHS patents related to pre-exposure prophylaxis. Lawsuit follows Gilead’s request in August for the USPTO’s PTAB to conduct an inter partes review of the four-year-old patents.
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