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Loss of exclusivity · Infectious disease

Biktarvy patent expiration

Biktarvy (Gilead) is expected to face US generic competition from 2036. Settlements bar US generics before 1 April 2036, later than the earlier 2033 estimate.

US loss of exclusivity
2036Settlement / court date
2025 worldwide sales
$14.3BGilead
Therapeutic area
Infectious disease
Medicare negotiated price
PendingTakes effect 2028
US competition from
GenericsUS date shown

What the date means

Biktarvy's US exclusivity date is based on settlement / court date. Litigation settlements or a court ruling fix the earliest US entry date, which makes it one of the firmer dates in this tracker. It is a small-molecule drug, so copies are generics. Generic launches usually take most of the US volume within months.

Medicare price negotiation

Biktarvy was selected for the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. CMS is negotiating its Medicare price now; the price takes effect in 2028 and is due to be published by 30 November 2026. That is 8 years before US generics can launch, so Medicare revenue comes under pressure first. For the 25 drugs negotiated so far, Medicare prices came in 38% to 85% below list price. Those discounts are measured before the rebates drugmakers already pay and apply to Medicare only.

What changed for Biktarvy

  1. Medicare price
    Trulicity, Biktarvy, Cosentyx and Entyvio selected for Medicare price negotiation

    Negotiated prices take effect in 2028. CMS must publish them by 30 November 2026. CMS

  2. Date pushed back · 2033 → 2036
    Settlements push Biktarvy's US generic entry to April 2036

    Settlements with Lupin, Cipla and Laurus Labs bar generics before 1 April 2036, more than two years after Gilead's previous December 2033 estimate. Fierce Pharma

What's at stake for Gilead

Gilead
49%

Biktarvy is 49% of Gilead's 2025 revenue ($14.3B of $29.4B).

Bars show each company's tracked drugs as a share of its total 2025 revenue. Biktarvy is highlighted.

Other blockbusters losing US exclusivity in 2036

Sources

  1. Gilead FY2025
  2. Fierce Pharma
  3. CMS: drugs selected for 2028
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