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Intellectual Property,
Health Care & Hospital Law

Nov. 26, 2024

Man ordered to pay Gilead $31 million for selling counterfeit HIV drugs

Lorik Papyan admitted obtaining HIV medications from patients in the Los Angeles area and repackaging them with over-the-counter analgesics, candy and other substances.

A man who obtained HIV medications from patients in the Los Angeles area, repackaged them --mixed with over-the-counter analgesics, cand and other substances -- and sold them as authentic medications through a wholesaler, has been ordered by a federal judge to pay Gilead Sciences Inc. $31 million in restitution.

Lorik Papyan was indicted, along with three other men, in September 2019 by a federal grand jury in San Francisco.

They were accused of selling Gilead's HIV dr...

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