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UC Scientists Testing HIV Prevention Pill
FOSTER CITY (KCBS) – The University of California is testing a potential HIV prevention pill in a first-of-its-kind study in the state. The UC-based California HIV/AIDS Research Program (CHRP) has...
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FDA Approves Foster City Company’s Pill To Help Prevent HIV
FOSTER CITY (CBS/AP) – The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the first drug shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection, the latest milestone in the 30-year battle against the virus that...
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SF Ballot Measure Sought To Fight Pricing Of New AIDS Drug
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is spearheading a ballot measure in San Francisco to combat what it calls “predatory pricing” of a new AIDS drug. The new 4-in-1 drug Stribild is...
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FDA Rejects 2 HIV Drugs From Gilead Sciences
FOSTER CITY — Gilead Sciences said Monday that the Food and Drug Administration rejected two marketing applications for HIV treatments, citing quality control problems at the Foster City company’s...
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Foster City-Based Gilead’s Breakthrough Hepatitis Drug Costs $1,000 Per Pill
FOSTER CITY (KPIX 5) – Doctors are calling a newly-approved drug a “ revolution” in treating the most common blood-borne infection in the United States. But patient advocates warn how those who need it...
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Oregon, Illinois Medicaid Programs Place Tight Restrictions On Gilead...
WILSONVILLE, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon Medicaid committee is expected Thursday to significantly scale back access to an effective—but expensive—new drug used to treat hepatitis C, the second state to...
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San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener Goes Public About His Use Of HIV...
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — In what some HIV experts calling a courageous move, San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener went public with news on Wednesday that he’s taking the HIV prevention drug Truvada,...
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Gilead Sciences Doubles Its Profit To $12.1 Billion On Strength Of $1,000 Per...
FOSTER CITY (CBS SF) — A Bay Area pharmaceutical firm is among other top drug makers facing scrutiny over enormous profits, the price charged for drugs, and how much the company spends on marketing...
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Biotech Miracle Drugs Raise The Literal Cost Of Living Beyond Medicaid’s Reach
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — A newly-approved drug is being hailed as a major advance in treatment of cystic fibrosis, a life-threatening genetic disease that clogs the lungs with mucus and forces patients...
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FDA Approves Gilead’s Latest Combo HIV Pill Descovy
FOSTER CITY (CBS / AP) – The Food and Drug Administration has approved Descovy, a combination HIV drug developed by biologic drugmaker Gilead Sciences. The daily pill includes two already-approved...
View ArticleGilead Cashes In On HIV Treatment Patented By Government
FOSTER CITY (KPIX 5) — Truvada for PrEP is at the center of a tug of war between the Centers for Disease Control and Gilead Sciences. It’s an anti-retroviral designed to prevent HIV infection. “PrEP is...
View ArticleGilead Sciences Testing Antiviral Drug To Treat Coronavirus
FOSTER CITY (CNN) — There is no cure for the deadly Wuhan coronavirus, but several big biotech companies are hoping they can treat the symptoms with existing antiviral medications. Gilead Sciences, a...
View ArticleChinese Scientists Ask For Patent On Gilead Sciences Drug To Fight Coronavirus
FOSTER CITY (AP) — Scientists in the city at the center of China’s virus outbreak have applied to patent a drug made by Bay Area company Gilead Sciences Inc. to treat the disease, possibly fueling...
View ArticleWHO: Gilead Sciences Drug May Help Treat Coronavirus Symptoms
FOSTER CITY (CBS SF) — Shares of Foster City-based biotech firm Gilead Sciences rose 3% Monday after an official from the World Health Organization said that Gilead’s drug remdesivir is showing signs...
View ArticleCoronavirus Patients Rush To Join Studies Of Gilead Drug Remdesivir
FOSTER CITY (CBS / AP) The new coronavirus made Dr. Jag Singh a patient at his own hospital. His alarm grew as he saw an X-ray of his pneumonia-choked lungs and colleagues asked his wishes about life...
View ArticleMost COVID-19 Patients In Experimental Gilead Drug Trial Recovering Quickly
FOSTER CITY (KPIX 5) — Bay Area biotech company Gilead Sciences is in the spotlight after the firm’s drug remdesivir got positive results in a trial treatment on COVID-19 patients. But some experts are...
View ArticleGilead Says Drug Remdesivir Helped Moderately Ill Coronavirus Patients
FOSTER CITY (CBS / AP) — A Bay Area biotech company says its experimental drug remdesivir improved symptoms when given for five days to moderately ill, hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Gilead...
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US Government’s Supply Of COVID-19 Drug Remdesivir Runs Out At End Of Month
FOSTER CITY (CBS SF / CNN) — The US government’s current supply of remdesivir, the only drug known to work against Covid-19, will run out at the end of the month, Dr. Robert Kadlec, a US Department of...
View ArticleGilead’s $2,340 Price For Coronavirus Drug Remdesivir Draws Criticism
FOSTER CITY (CBS / AP) — The Bay Area maker of a drug shown to shorten recovery time for severely ill COVID-19 patients says it will charge $2,340 for a typical treatment course for people covered by...
View ArticleGilead’s Remdesivir Becomes First FDA-Approved Drug For COVID-19 Treatment
WASHINGTON (CBS SF) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday gave the green light to remdesivir as the first approved treatment for COVID-19, according to a statement released by the Bay...
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