Gilead Sciences has agreed to a $202 million settlement following a lawsuit alleging the company provided kickbacks to physicians to promote its HIV drugs. The lawsuit, initiated by California and other states, revealed that between 2011 and 2017, Gilead paid nearly $24 million to over 500 healthcare providers for speaking engagements. Key components of the settlement include acknowledgment of payments for luxury meals and trips designed to influence doctors to prescribe Gilead’s drugs. The allegations assert that these actions resulted in false claims to healthcare programs.
The lawsuit alleged an unspecified number of San Francisco doctors received a total of more than $1 million in kickback payments for speaking at Gilead events.
Under the settlement, Gilead admitted that between 2011 and 2017 it paid nearly $24 million to more than 500 health care providers who served as HIV speakers.
Gilead's HIV speaker programs have served to educate healthcare professionals about the appropriate use and benefits of these important medicines.
The suit claimed that the induced prescriptions led to false claims to healthcare.
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