5 Things Gilead Sciences' Q2 Earnings Numbers Didn't Tell You

The numbers didn't lie: Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD) posted pretty good second-quarter results. While revenue and earnings fell compared to the prior-year period, the big biotech still managed to beat expectations thanks to strong HIV drug sales and a better-than-expected performance from its hepatitis C virus (HCV) franchise. Gilead even upped its full-year 2017 guidance.

But any company's quarterly results are just a snapshot looking in the rearview mirror. They don't reveal everything investors need to know about where a company is headed.

However, management sometimes provides a few clues in the earnings conference call that can hepatitis investors get a better feel for what could be in store. With that in mind, here are five things Gilead Sciences' second-quarter earnings numbers didn't tell you -- but for which the biotech's management shared some insight. (Quotes courtesy of S&P Global Market Intelligence.) 

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