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Celebrating World IP Day with a focus on youth and innovation

Press Release • 28 April 2022

Geneva, 26 April 2022 – On World Intellectual Property (IP) Day, the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) co-organized an event on ‘Innovating for Better Health: Supporting Young Innovators Through IP’, celebrating the young people who are innovating to shape health progress across the world, and particularly in Africa. The […]

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