Gilead: Biotech's Smartest Cannibal

Normally when you put out a product, you want to take sales away from the competition, not from other products that you sell yourself. But that's exactly what Gilead Sciences (NAS: GILD) is doing, and Motley Fool health care analyst David Williamson thinks it's a great move. Watch the video to find out why.

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