written on 23.04.2014

Payer revolt notwithstanding, Gilead's Sovaldi earns crown as fastest drug launch ever

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We can officially say that Gilead Sciences pulled off the fastest drug launch on record. First-quarter sales of the company's new hepatitis C drug Sovaldi (sofosbuvir), approved in December, blew past previous records and just kept going. And along the way, it broke the blockbuster barrier, too.