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Recent Developments

Addressing the IP Gender Gap

This series of virtual events will take a look at the IP gender gap in the Americas region. Political leaders, heads of IP offices, economists,....

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WHO: ACT-Accelerator partnership

Global leaders attending the US-hosted Global COVID-19 Summit on 22 September re-affirmed their commitment to ending the acute phase of the....

Posted in: Policy Discussions and International Organizations

UN: Covid-19 Summit: Sharing Knowledge, Technology Critical to Curb Virus

Leaders at a virtual Covid-19 summit on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on September 22, 2021, pledged to mobilize....

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COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP 2021)

WHO is issuing the COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP) for 2021 and accompanying documents as a package aimed at guiding....

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South Korea launches task force on vaccine and lays out new approach to trade

With the launch of a task force on vaccine production South Korea aims to become the world's fifth-largest vaccine-producing nation in the next....

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Lack of diversity in patent holders means ‘half of the population’ isn’t getting needs met, economist Lisa Cook says

Diversity gaps in the U.S. patent system persist, in part, because of an absence of data on patent applicants. This lack of transparency has....

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Gender gap in US patents leads to few inventions that help women

The economist at Harvard University in Cambridge, Rembrand Koning, reasoned that the relative scarcity of women’s health products on the....

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Tehran Municipality honors inspirational women of century

Many women in the history of Iran and especially in the last century have been influential in various social, cultural, political, and economic....

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Q&A with TechInvention

Innovation Council brings together diverse innovators to share their experiences with policymakers and other stakeholders. TechInvention....

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