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3 February 2022PharmaAlex Baldwin

Gilead pays $1.25bn to GSK in HIV drug settlement

Gilead Sciences has agreed to pay $1.25 billion upfront with additional royalties to GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) subsidiary ViiV Healthcare to settle claims that it infringed HIV drug patents.

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