Gilead stock popped Thursday after the biotech giant said its twice-yearly shot prevented 99.9% of HIV infections in a study.
The trial is the second successful result for lenacapavir following a study in which the shot prevented HIV in all of the more than 2,000 women and girls who received the shot.
Investing.com -- Shares in Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD) rose in early US trading on Thursday after the pharmaceutical group announced that a Phase 3 trial of its HIV drug reduced infections of the disease.