there were a lot of delayed visits to the doctor and that relates in more keytruda scripts. i am staying long. i like merck >>> we have details on this trade next you are watching "fast money" live we will be back right after this >>> welcome back here is a sneak peek at the kramer cam he will haveexclusive interviews at the top of the hour and you can have him delivered right to your inbox. >>> the stock roared nearly 30% as a tax credit survived the build back better plan was the single most active ticker in the market beating out tesla, apple and ford >> lucid traded more than 11 times the average daily volume one of the busiest in stocks we have seen. most active were weekly call options. most of those were ones that expire tomorrow. and over 30,000 that expire next week buyers of the contract are already profitable because those close close to $4 and they are betting the stock could be up next week, up 8% to see profits on those purchases >> do you think the eb tax credit makes a difference? >> yeah, but it makes no sense and ford, a company that will do $135 billion in

you mentioned some of those within our oncology business led by keytruda, grew 22% in the quarter. vaccines led by gardasil grew 68% in the quarter and then obviously animal health business, strong growth at 16% we are seeing impact of the pandemic largely receding, and really have strong underlying demand and good momentum in the business right now that i feel really good about. >> so you didn't include mulnupur but striking deal with governments. how do you look at the impact of that drug and dynamics of covid right now. numbers are high but coming down ho are you looking at that for the rest of the year and into early next year? >> yeah. you know, obviously, as you mentioned, while it does seem some numbers around covid-19 are improving, it still is having a grievous impact globally we really do believe that this new anti-viral drug will make a meaningful difference and as we look at the opportunity for it, truly it is about a drug you can take, a pill, anti-viral pill, you can take at home still has, i think, a meaningful tu opportunity as another tool to make a difference. rig

looks under valued and we think the concern about the increased amount of cash flow is coming from keytruda are overdone because the drug by itself looks well positioned and the duration of cash flows look long enough to redeploy that capital to do more acquisitions and develop their internal pipeline. >> damian, thank you >> absolutely. good to be on. thank you. >>> still to come we're going to talk supply chain pain with the ceo of schneider, one of the largest logistics companies. dow down 200 headlines, schumer saying they have to get something on the debt ceiling by the end of the week and bow hard saying we're going to have more inflation than we're used to for some time back in two minutes. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> i'm christina and here is your cnbc news update at this hour beaches polluted by one of california's largest oil spills could be closed for weeks or months that says the mayor of hunting beach is predicting after 126,000 gallons of crude leaked from a pipeline owned by amplified energy efforts to contain the damage are continuing. >>> it's the first monday in oc