ENTA—The real disappointment probably was Abbvie's slowdown in [HCV sales]...
This shouldn’t have been a big shock to anyone insofar as ABBV had guided to $3.5B in 2018 HCV sales on its April CC (#msg-140324864). $3.5B is less than the $3.7B (4x$919M) annualized run rate in 1Q18, so a QoQ decline in HCV sales at some point during 2018 was already baked into the guidance.
“The efficient-market hypothesis may be the foremost piece of B.S. ever promulgated in any area of human knowledge!”