2. Inovio
Ticker: INO
Thursday stock gains: As much as 25.3%
How it's trading now: Up 9.3%
Get more: Fox Business reported on February 13 that Inovio has a vaccine for the COVID-19 coronavirus, and will begin clinical trials this summer at the earliest.
4. Vaxart
Ticker: VXRT
Thursday stock gains: As much as 106.1%
How it's trading now: Up 53.3.7%
Get more: Vaxart said at the start of the month that it was starting a program to make a vaccine for COVID-19 coronavirus.
3. Moderna
Ticker: MRNA
Thursday stock gains: As much as 23.5%
How it's trading now: Down 10.8%
Get more: Moderna announced Monday that it had shipped the first coronvirus vaccine for human testing.
5. Gilead
Ticker: GILD
Thursday stock gains: As much as 5.6%
How it's trading now: Down 2.5%
Get more: The World Health Organization said that remdesivir could treat some symptoms of COVID-19 coronavirus. The company will conduct two clinical trials of the drug starting in March, it said in a Wednesday statement.