2022 Will Be A Test For Gilead, Starting with TROPiCS-2 Study Of Trodelvy

Gilead Highlights Oncology Ambitions In Q4

Even as magrolimab stumbled, the company remains optimistic about the rest of its pipeline, from potential pipeline-in-a-pill Trodelvy to an oral COVID-19 drug.

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Gilead touted its oncology pipeline in its fourth quarter/full year 2021 earnings • Source: Shutterstock

Gilead Sciences, Inc. started off the year stating at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference that oncology will account for one-third of its revenues by 2030. The firm’s 2021 sales demonstrate that it is largely dependent on infectious disease, but management used the 1 February earnings call to highlight some near-term catalysts in oncology that will help the firm with its diversification efforts.

“Our 2022 plans include a significant increase in clinical development studies across our novel oncology portfolio,” CEO Daniel O’Day told...

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