GILD

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

A biopharmaceutical company making medicines for HIV, liver disease, and cancer, Gilead's products include HIV treatments like Biktarvy and Descovy, liver therapies Epclusa and Livdelzi, and CAR T-cell cancer therapies Yescarta and Tecartus. Founded in 1987 in Foster City, California, it was originally named Oligogen before being renamed after the "Balm of Gilead," an ancient healing resin mentioned in the Bible—a nod its founder picked up from a play he read in medical school.