Gilead Sciences Ireland UC

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- If you purchased Atripla®, Biktarvy®, Complera®, Descovy®, Evotaz®, Genvoya®, Odefsey®, Prezcobix®, Stribild®, Symtuza®, Truvada®, or Viread®, a class action lawsuit may affect your rights. If you are a member of one or both classes, your legal rights will be affected whether you act or don't act, so please read this notice carefully. You must decide whether to remain a member of the class(es) or to exclude yourself from the class(es). A class action lawsuit is pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (the "Court") involving the antiretroviral products Atripla, Biktarvy, Complera, Descovy, Evotaz, Genvoya, Odefsey, Prezcobix, Stribild, Symtuza, Truvada, and Viread ("Products"). The lawsuit claims that Gilead Sciences, Inc., Gilead Holdings, LLC, Gilead Sciences, LLC, and Gilead Sciences Ireland UC ("Gilead"), and Johnson & Johnson, Janssen Products LP, and Janssen R&D Ireland ("Janssen") (collectively, "Defendants") engaged in allegedly anticompetitive conduct that caused certain consumers and third-party payors to pay too much for certain of the Products . Defendants deny any wrongdoing. PLEASE NOTE: No one is claiming that any of these products is unsafe or ineffective. WHO IS INCLUDED IN THE CLASSES? The Court has certified three Damages Classes and three Injunctive Classes in this lawsuit (the "Classes"). The Damages Classes are made up of third-party payors ("TPPs") only (i.e., not individual consumers); the Injunctive Classes are made up of both TPPs and consumers. Damages Classes : The Truvada Class: All entities in the United States that indirectly purchased, paid, and/or provided reimbursement for some or all of the purchase price of Truvada, and/or its AB-rated generic equivalent sold by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. or its affiliates, in the Specified States1 for consumption by their members, employees, insureds, participants, or beneficiaries, other than for resale, during the period February 1, 2018 through May 31, 2021; The Atripla Class: All entities in the United States that indirectly purchased, paid, and/or provided reimbursement for some or all of the purchase price of Atripla, and/or its AB-rated generic equivalent sold by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. or its affiliates, in the Specified States for consumption by their members, employees, insureds, participants, or beneficiaries, other than for resale, during the period February 1, 2018 through July 31, 2021; and The Complera Class: All entities in the United States that indirectly purchased, paid, and/or provided reimbursement for some or all of the purchase price of Complera in the Specified States for consumption by their members, employees, insureds, participants, or beneficiaries, other than for resale, during the period February 1, 2018 through September 27, 2022. Excluded from the Truvada, Atripla, and Complera Classes are: (a) Defendants and their officers, directors, management, employees, subsidiaries, or affiliates; (b) All federal and state government entities, except for cities, towns, municipalities, or counties with self-funded prescription drug plans; (c) Fully insured health plans, i.e., plans for which the insurer bears 100% of the risk for the reimbursement obligations to members; and (d) Pharmacy Benefit Managers. Injunctive Classes : The Evotaz Injunctive Class: All persons or entities in the United States who indirectly purchased, paid, and/or provided reimbursement for some or all of the purchase price of Evotaz for consumption by themselves, their families, or their members, employees, insureds, participants, or beneficiaries, other than for resale, during the period May 14, 2015 through September 27, 2022; The Prezcobix Injunctive Class: All persons or entities in the United States who indirectly purchased, paid, and/or provided reimbursement for some or all of the purchase price of Prezcobix for consumption by themselves, their families, or their members, employees, insureds, participants, or beneficiaries, other than for resale, during the period May 14, 2015 through September 27, 2022; and The cART Foundation Drug Injunctive Class: All persons or entities in the United States who indirectly purchased, paid, and/or provided reimbursement for some or all of the purchase price of a cART Foundation Drug2 for consumption by themselves, their families, or their members, employees, insureds, participants, or beneficiaries, other than for resale, during the period May 14, 2015 through September 27, 2022. Excluded from each of the Injunctive Classes are: (a) Defendants and their officers, directors, management, employees, subsidiaries, or affiliates; (b) All federal and state government entities, except for cities, towns, municipalities, or counties with self-funded prescription drug plans; (c) Fully insured health plans, i.e., plans for which the insurer bears 100% of the risk for the reimbursement obligations to members; (d) Pharmacy Benefit Managers; and (e) The Judges in this case and any members of their immediate families. Additionally, excluded from the cART Foundation Drug Injunctive Class are natural persons who have filed a claim for personal injury against any of the Defendants or Bristol-Myers Squibb Company or E. R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C., alleged to be caused by the consumption of a tenofovir-containing product. YOUR RIGHTS AND OPTIONS Your options depend on whether you are a member of one of the Damages Classes or a member of one of the Injunctive Classes. If you are a member of one of the Damages Classes, you have the right to exclude yourself from (to opt out of) the Damages Classes no later than March 15, 2023. Details on how to request exclusion can be found at . If you do nothing, you will remain a member of the class(es) and be bound by the outcome of this lawsuit, whether by a settlement or by a judgment rendered for or against the Defendants. If you are a member of one of the Injunctive Classes, you cannot exclude yourself from the Class. The deadlines contained in this notice may be amended by Court Order, so check the website for any updates. A trial is scheduled for March 27, 2023 and any updates will be provided on the website. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND A CLAIM FORM Visit Call 1-877-388-1751 Source: Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Hilliard & Shadowen LLP, and Durie Tangri LLP 1 The "Specified States" for each of the Damages Classes are: Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia. 2 For the purposes of this class definition a cART Foundation Drug is any of one or more of: Atripla, Biktarvy, Complera, Descovy, Genvoya, Odefsey, Stribild, Symtuza, Truvada, and Viread. SOURCE Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Hilliard & Shadowen LLP, and Durie Tangri LLP

Scotland-based NuCana plc picked up a patent infringement win in a European court against Gilead Sciences. The Regional Court of Dusseldorf ruled that several drug products of Gilead Sciences Ireland UC and Gilead Sciences GmbH, including hepatitis drugs Sovaldi and Harvoni, infringed on Nucana's composition of matter claims in Germany. For Nucana, the legal judgment has been nearly 20 years in the making. In 2003, Nucana filed a patent infringement claim regarding European Patent 2955190 related to "a small group of phosphoramidate nucleotides" that includes sofosbuvir, the active ingredient of Sovaldi. Sofosbuvir is also used in the combination drugs Harvoni, Vosevi and Epclusa. Nucana noted in its announcement that the nucleotides were invented by Chris McGuigan and preceded the first filing data for Gilead Sciences' Sovaldi patent "by several years." The decision of the Germany-based court applies only to Germany, and Gilead may appeal the decision. Last year, Gilead Sciences attempted to challenge the Nucana patent claim in the German court, but that was rejected. Nucana noted that last year, Gilead Sciences filed a lawsuit against the company in the United Kingdom Patent Court, seeking to revoke the designation for the 2955190 patent in that country. Nucana filed a counterclaim, and the proceedings in the U.K. are ongoing. Elsewhere around the globe: MediWound – Israel-based MediWound Ltd. announced positive initial data from 11 patients in its ongoing open-label Phase I/II study of MW005 for the treatment of low-risk Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC). Initial data showed that MW005 is safe and well-tolerated. Also, MediWound noted that most of the patients who completed the study achieved complete histological clearance of their target lesions following treatment with MW005. The company anticipates announcing the final data in the second half of 2022. Iterum Therapeutics – Ireland's Iterum Therapeutics announced an agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under the special protocol assessment process for a Phase III trial evaluating oral sulopenem etzadroxil-probenecid for the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections. The company said the SPA agreement provides that the design and planned analysis of the trial, as set out in the protocol submitted to the FDA. The primary endpoint of the study is the overall response after 12 days. The study is expected to enroll approximately 1,966 patients and is anticipated to start enrolling in the fourth quarter of this year. Medtronic plc – Also based in Ireland, Medtronic entered into a partnership agreement with Israel's CathWorks in order to advance the understanding of how coronary artery disease (CAD) is diagnosed and treated. Fractional flow reserve (FFR) is a diagnostic technique that evaluates the physiologic impact of coronary artery stenosis. Medtronic will invest up to $75 million and immediately begin co-promotion of CathWorks' FFRangio System in the U.S., Europe and Japan, where it is commercially available. FFRangio has shown diagnostic accuracy of 93%, sensitivity of 91%, and specificity of 94%. This non-invasive technology has the potential to disrupt and expand traditional FFR segments. As part of a separate agreement, Medtronic will have the option to acquire CathWorks once certain undisclosed milestones are met. The acquisition option agreement will expire in July 2027. Quotient Limited – Based in Jersey, Channel Islands, Quotient Limited reached an agreement with InfYnity Biomarkers to partner on the development of an infectious disease testing platform. Under the collaboration agreement, InfYnity Biomarkers will assist Quotient in researching and designing infectious disease assays to enrich and expand the Quotient MosaiQ Serology Disease Screening menu. InfYnity is developing antibodies and antigens suitable for multiplexed infectious disease blood screening, confirmatory testing, determining vaccine efficacy, and monitoring testing that will be evaluated as part of the research collaboration. Cyxone – Sweden's Cyxone received a response from a Type B meeting with the FDA regarding an upcoming study of rabeximod, a potential treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. The FDA response allows Cyxone to continue planning the phase IIb study. The aim of the study is to confirm the therapeutic efficacy of Rabeximod in this patient population, as well as to expand the safety data documentation. CQDM – The Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation and Theratechnologies secured a $2 million placement that will be used to finance a collaborative research project that intends to demonstrate the "efficacy and safety of a potential innovative treatment" for patients affected by metastatic cancer. Today's announcement will allow Theratechnologies, a Montreal-based company, to further evaluate the potential of TH1902, a peptide-drug conjugate. Granite Bio – Switzerland-based Granite Bio closed a Master Services Agreement with Germany's ProBioGen. The agreement supports the development of Granite Bio's mAb pipeline. Granite Bio's lead candidate is a novel monoclonal antibody for the treatment of autoimmune and certain cancer indications. Longenesis – Based in Latvia, Longenesis announced preliminary results from its study on Type 1 Diabetes care in partnership with Medtronic. The study found that insulin pump use supports a higher quality of life. Data evaluated the efficiency of local reimbursement policies for insulin pumps and glucose monitors. HutchMed – Hong Kong's HutchMed announced it will present the first data from the ongoing Phase II SAVANNAH trial at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer in Austria next month. The study is evaluating the combination of savolitinib with AstraZeneca's Tagrisso in epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated non-small cell lung cancer patients with mesenchymal-epithelial transition receptor driven tumors, following disease progression on treatment with Tagrisso. Zai Lab Limited – Based in China, Zai Lab announced that China's National Medical Products Administration accepted the Biologics License Application for efgartigimod alfa injection, a first-in-class neonatal Fc receptor antagonist, for the treatment of adult patients with generalized myasthenia gravis.