Gilead warns: Knock-offs of its HIV meds are in US pharmacies

People walk by a CVS pharmacy on 3rd Avenue in Manhattan. (Photo: Roman Tiraspolsky / Shutterstock)

U.S. pharmacies are selling counterfeit versions of HIV medication, according to the biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences.

Specifically, Gilead warned that knock-off versions of its Biktarvy and Descovy medications have circulated through pharmacies due to unauthorized distributors…