Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are calling on the Trump administration to block a drug company in its efforts to extend its patent on a crucial anti-HIV drug. The Trump administration must not reward Gilead for this immoral behavior.”The involvement of Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez casts a powerful spotlight on efforts by a grassroots activist group, PrEP4All Collaboration, to block a patent extension for Descovy. “In the process of applying for patent extension,” they write, “Gilead withheld information on its true motives” for halting Descovy’s development. “Gilead should absolutely be denied a patent extension request for failing to disclose material information to the USPTO [patent office],” Ocasio-Cortez said. That, they added, would put it out of reach for untold numbers of Americans desperate for affordable HIV treatment and prevention.

Source: The Guardian December 09, 2019 13:18 UTC