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Gilead, Idenix winners among the HCV players at 2012 AASLD meeting

November 19, 2012 8:00 AM UTC

The big winners from last week's American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases meeting were Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) and Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:IDIX), which gained 14% and 12%, respectively, on Monday after positive HCV data.

Gilead's stock rose $8.92 - which translates to $6.8 billion in market cap - to close Monday at $73.93, valuing the company at $56 billion...