Less than two months ago, analyst Geoffrey Porges had said investors were giving a “generous amount of credit” for a drug that likely won’t be sold for a profit. Now he’s forecasting a sales boom.

The company expects the trend to continue the rest of the year, and projected that revenue and profit will leapfrog investors’ earlier expectations.

Investors appear to be focused instead on hopes that the worst of the pandemic downturn has passed, or will soon, as governments slowly lift the restrictions that left broad swaths of their economies at a standstill beginning in March.

The possible partnership comes just months after Coty closed a $600 million U.S. deal with Kylie.

There is growing concern in Europe that the region will fall behind the U.S. or China in obtaining supplies of any shot that proves successful.

The report by economists and other experts says Montreal should ask Quebec to temporarily suspend the rules that require it to balance its books.

Economists had expected the central bank to maintain its target for the overnight rate, which former governor Stephen Poloz has repeatedly said is as low as it can go.

Thrift may be in place for a while due to the fiscal outlook. And with less money to spend on citizens, governments could face increased public scrutiny of how their oil wealth is used.