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Gilead quarterly profit decreased as COVID antiviral sales decrease

Gilead Sciences Inc said that because of higher research and royalty costs as well as a downturn in sales of its COVID-19 antiviral drug Veklury, there sales decreased.

Sales decreased

Reuters reported, “Quarterly revenue, however, rose 1% to $6.3 billion, which was ahead of the average Wall Street estimate of $5.85 billion, according to Refinitiv data.

The biotech company said adjusted quarterly profit fell 13% to $1.58 per share, which also topped the average analyst estimate of $1.52. Net income fell to 91 cents per share from $1.21 per share.

Sales of COVID-19 treatment remdesivir, which is sold under the brand name Veklury, fell 46% to $445 million, but still came in ahead of analysts’ estimates of $390 million.”

Gilead Chief Commercial Officer Johanna Mercier on a conference call said, “Sales declined as hospitalization rates declined in most geographies,”

Other aspects

ET Health world reported, “Cancer drug Trodelvy – shown in a recent trial to modestly delay tumor growth in women with the most common form of breast cancer – saw sales rise 79% to $159 million. Sales of Gilead’s cancer cell therapies rose by a robust 68% to $368 million.

HIV drug sales, driven by demand for higher-priced products, rose 7% to $4.2 billion.

Gilead announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will decide by Dec. 27 whether to approve its long-acting HIV medication lenacapavir.

“We’ve seen somewhat of a recovery in core products from last quarter’s weaker results,” BMO Capital Markets analyst Evan Seigerman said in a research note. He pointed to particular strength in HIV and cell therapy products.

For full-year 2022, California-based Gilead sightly raised its forecast for adjusted earnings per share to between $6.35 to $6.75 from a previous view of $6.20 to $6.70. Gilead said it now expects product sales of $24.5 billion to $25 billion, up from a prior estimate of $23.8 billion to $24.3 billion.”

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