Gilead has about $32B cash in the bank and $87B MC (give or take). They can throw some weight even after their recent $5B acquisition of Forty Seven.
Here's a list of Gilead acquisitions. Some of the acquired companies, or their products, never say the light of day again....
If anyone is interested in reading about a company that not only buys up little companies to increase its product arsenal - see links below. They also buy up little companies that could be potential market competitors and then just kill them and their product...slowly....to never see the light of day.
What about gilead buying a portion Of the The company? Say 49%? Cydy would net a huge windfall and still be able to use leronlimab for the necessary pandemic now and hiv and so on for the future diseases.