# Gilead Pharmasset LLC — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Gilead Pharmasset LLC has 2 landmark patents explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [Chemical Compounds for Treating Hepatitis C Virus](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/8822430/epclusa-sofosbuvir-velpatasvir) — granted 2014
  A patent describing specific chemical structures designed to stop the Hepatitis C virus from replicating in humans.
- [Treating Hepatitis C with Combination Drug Therapy](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/8735372/sovaldi-sofosbuvir-composition) — granted 2014
  A Gilead Sciences patent detailing a method to treat Hepatitis C by combining a specific chemical compound with an NS5a inhibitor.

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