Pharmasset

Pharmasset Inc.
IndustryPharmaceuticals
Founded1998
Defunct2012
FateAcquired by Gilead Sciences in 2012
Headquarters,
United States
Key people
Raymond Schinazi
Dennis Liotta

Pharmasset Inc. was a pharmaceutical company based in Princeton, New Jersey in the United States. The company develops antiviral drugs for HIV (including racivir), hepatitis B (including clevudine, marketed as Levovir), and hepatitis C.[1] In November 2011, Pharmasset was acquired by Gilead for $11.2 billion.[2]

  1. ^ "Pharmasset Inc (VRUS:US)." Bloomberg.
  2. ^ Tom Murphy (November 21, 2011). "Gilead Sciences to buy Pharmasset for $11 billion". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on September 25, 2013.