Gilead Not Bullet-Proof After All: Harvoni US Sales Tumble More Than 50%
Executive Summary
Incoming President and CEO John Milligan opened Gilead Sciences Inc.'s first quarter earnings call April 28 talking about sales growth of new HIV drugs and pipeline efforts in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), but analysts focused in quickly on overall reductions in hepatitis C sales, including a more than 50% decrease year-over-year in US sales of Harvoni.
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