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A Goldman Sachs analyst report highlighted that Gilead's Hepatitis C cure is projected to generate less than $4 billion in annual revenue, down from a cumulative total of $73 billion, questioning...

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A Goldman Sachs analyst report highlighted that Gilead's Hepatitis C cure is projected to generate less than $4 billion in annual revenue, down from a cumulative total of $73 billion, questioning the sustainability of such curative business models.

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  • Analyst report notes that Gilead’s hep C cure will make less than $4 billion this year.

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  • [comment u/Sorry_Clerk2646] We could all be as “unfortunate” as to make 73 billion USD in cumulative revenue while curing millions of people from an awful disease

  • [comment u/LeoKitCat] Sales “languish” at $4 billion a year? What the hell? It’s still a blockbuster drug even with today’s sales!

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  • “We could all be as “unfortunate” as to make 73 billion USD in cumulative revenue while curing millions of people from an awful disease”

    u/Sorry_Clerk2646312 points · Sep 23, 2026View

  • “Feeds into the conspiracy theorists claim that “cancer is cured” but “they” want to sell treatments not cures”

    u/chungamellon141 points · Sep 23, 2026View

  • “What a jackoff.”

    u/2Throwscrewsatit116 points · Sep 23, 2026View

  • “I hate these sensationalist headlines.”

    u/OkChange911940 points · Sep 23, 2026View

  • “Shock, horror… drug that is now generic makes less money than it did while under patent, alert the press”

    u/gahtre8 points · Sep 23, 2026View

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What this signalsUser posts often show product pain before it reaches reviews or churn.

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r/biotech
Event date
Apr 2018

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  • Salveen RichterAnalyst · Named in the post

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  • Hepatitis C cure

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Detected
Sep 23, 2026
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