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The complaint alleged that a “no-generic” scheme kept prices for HIV drugs at “sky-high” levels. The settlement would effectively open the door to generic combination for one specific HIV medicine called Evotaz. The drug combines atazanavir, which is made by Bristol Myers, and cobicstat, which is made by Gilead Sciences.