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Armed with readouts from the PURPOSE 1 and 2 trials, Gilead Sciences is now gearing up for global regulatory submissions for lenacapavir as a pre-exposure prophylactic option for human immunodeficiency virus.

The regulator’s approval of Livdelzi for primary biliary cholangitis under the accelerated pathway is a boost to Gilead Sciences’ liver disease business. Analysts expect the drug to reach more than $1 billion in sales.

The last few months have been difficult for Gilead, with several late-stage failures and development discontinuations. Amid these problems, Merdad Parsey will be stepping down from his CMO role early next year.

The Biden administration appealed a 2023 jury decision, which found that Gilead did not infringe on key government patents in its HIV prevention regimen consisting of the drugs Truvada and Descovy.

Gilead Sciences’ antiviral demonstrated 100% efficacy for HIV prevention in cisgender women in Phase III trial results announced Thursday.

A final analysis of Gilead Sciences’ now-discontinued Phase III ENHANCE study showed a worrying trend of increased death risk in myelodysplastic syndromes patients treated with magrolimab.

Despite weathering a difficult year, biopharma continues to see massive pay gaps between CEOs and their median employees, with top executives often earning hundreds of times more.

Gilead Sciences’ Vemlidy on Thursday secured a label expansion from the FDA, allowing the antiviral drug’s use to treat chronic hepatitis B in pediatric patients aged six years and older.

A company executive stated that Gilead will be able to quadruple production of its cell therapy cancer treatments by 2026 due to improvements in the U.S. biotech’s manufacturing processes.

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla and Sanofi CEO Paul Hudson will serve alongside O’Day, becoming PhRMA’s board chair-elect and treasurer, respectively.