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Week 97
Nov 30, 2018

DOJ informs the Supreme Court it plans to dismiss drug contamination cases against Gilead despite siding with whistleblowers.

  • DOJ tells the Supreme Court that a whistleblower's FCA suit filed against Gilead for concealing an illegal drug supplier and contamination won't go forward if the Supreme Court remands it because it is too burdensome on the FDA to fulfill discovery requests and not in the public interest.
  • This dismissal would be a blow to whistleblowers, and pose a huge risk to consumers of drugs involved in the case, such as Atripla, Truvada and Emtriva and it could set a dangerous precedent of government interference in the name of the "public interest".
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