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A judge from the 21st Federalist Court of Brasilia has ruled to invalidate US biopharma company Gilead’s exclusivity patent for Sovaldi (sofosbuvir), which is indicated for Hepatitis C.
Gilead Sciences announced Monday that it plans to launch authorised generic versions of its hepatitis C therapies Epclusa (sofosbuvir/velpatasvir) and Harvoni (ledipasvir/sofosbuvir) in the US next year.
Gilead has officially launched its hepatitis C drug Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) in the Chinese market, but with one major caveat: it will cost 58,980 yuan in the region, just one-fifth of its price tag in the US – a price which has fallen rapidly from the $84,0