May 23, 2023
A California federal judge who has pressed for a settlement in a sprawling litigation over claims Gilead and Teva inflated HIV drug prices told the parties on Tuesday that the trial would go forward on Wednesday, saying, "The train is leaving the station."
May 10, 2023
A California federal judge on Wednesday urged parties to settle in the sprawling certified consumer antitrust class action alleging that Gilead, Janssen and Teva inflated HIV drug prices, saying that trying the case has "huge risks" and "Frankly, I'm not only disappointed, I'm astounded" the parties had not yet settled.
April 19, 2023
Health care insurers going to trial next month in their suit against Gilead, Janssen and Teva won't have to worry about arguments they passed on any overcharges after a California federal judge banned the drugmakers from using that defense in the sprawling certified consumer antitrust class action alleging drugmakers artificially inflated HIV drug prices.
February 21, 2023
A California federal judge has unveiled his reasoning for mostly refusing to hand either side a clear-cut summary judgment victory in the sprawling certified consumer antitrust class action alleging that Gilead, Janssen and other drugmakers artificially inflated HIV drug prices, teeing up the high-stakes dispute for a May jury trial.
November 04, 2022
A California federal judge granted class certification to end-payor plaintiffs and direct-purchaser plaintiffs in a suit accusing Gilead and Janssen of artificially inflating HIV drug prices by illegally staving off competition from cheaper generics, according to an order unsealed this week.
October 31, 2022
A putative class of direct HIV medication buyers asked a California federal judge to give final approval to a $10.8 million deal that would end claims that Bristol-Myers Squibb engaged in anti-competitive conduct to block generics competition and keep the medication's prices artificially high.
April 07, 2022
Gilead urged a California federal judge Thursday to reject Aetna's bid to send to state court its second lawsuit accusing Gilead and others of illegally driving up HIV drug prices by blocking generic versions, saying Aetna already dropped a similar suit and shouldn't be allowed to pursue this litigation "tactic."
March 29, 2022
A California federal judge refused Tuesday to let Gilead forcibly revive an Aetna lawsuit, which the insurer voluntarily dismissed, in order to avoid a state court fight alongside the array of federal antitrust lawsuits accusing the drugmaker and others of driving up HIV drug prices by illegally staving off cheaper generic versions.
March 16, 2022
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association has sufficiently demonstrated it belongs, for now, among end-payors accusing Gilead Sciences Inc. and Janssen Pharmaceuticals of driving up HIV drug prices by illegally staving off cheaper generic versions, according to a California federal judge.
March 08, 2022
A California federal court on Tuesday trimmed several state law claims while keeping others intact in United Healthcare's suit alleging it overpaid for HIV drugs because Teva and Gilead delayed cheaper generic versions.