Gilead v Merck hepatitis C dispute rocked by new allegation
A judge assessing a patent dispute between Merck and Gilead centring on hepatitis C treatments has allowed Gilead to submit new evidence of jurors allegedly being misled.
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20 July 2017 A California district court has awarded Gilead Sciences $13.8 million in attorneys’ fees in a patent dispute against Merck & Co, Merck Sharp & Dohme and Isis Pharmaceuticals.
9 June 2016 A US court has overturned an earlier ruling in which Merck was awarded $200 million in damages for patent infringement after finding that the pharmaceutical company had engaged in misconduct.
29 March 2016 Gilead has been ordered to pay Merck $200 million in damages following a trial that found it had infringed patents covering hepatitis C treatments.