UPDATE 1-Gilead ordered to pay Merck $200 mln in hepatitis C drug patent dispute
March 24, 2016 at 20:29 PM EDT
SAN JOSE, Calif.,/NEW YORK, March 24 (Reuters) - A federal jury on Thursday ordered Gilead Sciences Inc to pay Merck & Co $200 million in damages for infringing two Merck patents related to a lucrative cure for hepatitis C.