A spokesperson also emphasized that Bourla had only been trading a small portion of his owned stock—unlike, for example, Moderna executives.* Pharmaceutical companies have also been capitalizing on the pandemic and positive press releases more broadly. Vaccine makers like Inovio and Vaxart, which don't have late-stage vaccine candidates, are still benefiting from the wave of investment. Gilead, which produces the antiviral remdesivir, announced in a press release that it was "aware of positive data" on remdesivir, despite the drug not performing well in clinical trials.