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Gilead boosts antiviral drug investment

by Ryan Cross
July 25, 2019 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 97, Issue 30

 

Gilead Sciences has licensed three small-molecule antiviral programs from Novartis. Gilead will pay an undisclosed sum and up to $291 million in future milestones for Novartis’s herpes virus, influenza, and rhinovirus programs. Separately, Gilead will pay Durect $25 million to license a long-lasting injectable antiviral for HIV. Durect could earn $145 million more in milestone payments, and Gilead has the option to license additional Durect antiviral programs for HIV and hepatitis B.

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