Gilead Sciences has identified two men as “kingpins” in an alleged scheme to supply counterfeit HIV medication to U.S. pharmacies. In a court document unsealed last week, Lazaro Roberto Hernandez and Armando Herrera were among dozens of defendants named in the biopharmaceutical company’s ongoing civil lawsuit aimed at stopping the alleged counterfeit distribution operation. The company said in a statement, “Gilead’s ongoing investigation revealed that these two kingpins directed the initial sale of the counterfeits through suppliers created solely to sell counterfeit medications.” As Plus reported in July, prosecutors allege that between 2019 and 2021, Hernandez and his co-conspirators established licensed wholesale drug distribution companies to sell their altered HIV drugs at a steep discount.
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