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Rocky3
03/21/15 10:07 AM
#188878 RE: Rocky3 #188578
**IMS data for the week ending 3/13/15 became available this morning. **Harvoni NRx, what we view as the most important measure of uptake, were approximately flat again this week, at 4,167 vs.4,111 last week. TRx were 10,152, above last week's 9,754. **Sovaldi NRx were 675, we believe continuing to reflect steadystate in the GT2/3 population at around $2.53B in U.S.revenues. **Projecting out for 2015, assuming new patient starts remain flat to slightly down the rest of this quarter (accounting for the current runrate), and decline at a rate of 1.2% throughout the rest of the year, GILD's global HCV sales would be tracking ataround $17B for the year ($11B U.S. Harvoni + $2.8B U.S. Sovaldi + $3.2B ex U.S. HCV sales), which we believe is above consensus. This assumes that IMS captures 68% of actual patient use, as per our estimated tracking from 4Q14; this is a keyvariable. **BOTTOM LINE: Steady HCV as access likely broadens, suggesting reasonable sustainability for a HCV franchise we believeGILD's current price undervalues.