Francesca Fontana
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2,691 appearances
52 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2017
last heard Feb 2025
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But Gilead Sciences was a bright spot amid the clouds.
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The biotech company led the S&P after it said its twice-yearly HIV prevention drug completely stopped new infections in a study of women and adolescent girls.
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And analysts said that the results greatly increased the chances for the drug to be approved after a second study is completed by early 2025.
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Let's zoom out for a second.
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I've talked a bit on here before about biotech and pharmaceutical companies and the whole craze around new drugs that are being used for weight loss, Ozempic, Monjaro, and so on.
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It's kind of like another arms race, right?
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Like the AI arms race in tech.
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But Gilead isn't trying to position itself in that arena.
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It's focused on treatments for cancer and HIV.
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And investors seem to be a fan of the results.
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Gilead shares jumped around 8% Thursday and gained another 3% on Friday.
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And now you know what's news in markets this week.
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You can read about more stocks that moved on the week's news in The Score, my column in the Wall Street Journal's Exchange section.
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I'm Francesca Fontana.
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Have a great weekend.
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Tell Congress, stop the Durbin Marshall money grab for corporate megastores.
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Paid for by the Electronic Payments Coalition.
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Hey, listeners, it's Saturday, June 15th.
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I'm Francesca Fontana for The Wall Street Journal, and this is What's News in Markets, our look at the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them.
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Let's get to it.
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