# Smith Bids Farewell to the Only Company Built Entirely Around HIV

- slug: smith-bids-farewell-to-the-only-company-built-entirely-around-hiv
- date: 2026-03-31
- category: Biotech & Life Sciences

Thirty years in HIV. Thirteen at ViiV. The injectable franchise she built is now facing Gilead's twice-yearly lenacapavir — and the scientist who built it is leaving.

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