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    A reversal of fortunes: Judge voids order Gilead must pay $2.5B to Merck over a patent dispute

    A federal judge overturned an order that Gilead Sciences (GILD) must pay $2.5 billion in the largest ever U.S. patent dispute.
    by Ed Silverman Feb 17, 2018 2 minutes
    Source: Mel Evans/AP

    In a reversal of fortunes, a federal judge overturned a jury verdict ordering Gilead Sciences (GILD) to pay $2.54 billion to Merck (MRK) for infringing a patent in order to develop a pair of blockbuster hepatitis C treatments.

    In a 52-page , U.S. District Court Judge Leonard Stark ruled late Friday

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