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Gilead wins reversal of US$2.54b hepatitis C drug patent verdict

Published Sun, Feb 18, 2018 · 09:50 PM

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A US federal judge in Delaware has overturned a jury's verdict requiring Gilead Sciences Inc to pay a record US$2.54 billion because its hepatitis C drugs Sovaldi and Harvoni infringed a patent held by rival Merck & Co Inc.

The verdict had been the largest ever in a US patent case but US District Judge Leonard Stark in W…

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