Funding for global innovation in sharp decline: WIPO index

02-09-2020

Muireann Bolger

Funding for global innovation in sharp decline: WIPO index

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Switzerland, Sweden, US, UK and Netherlands have topped the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)’s global innovation rankings released today, but the index revealed that COVID-19 is expected to exert acute pressure on innovation funding worldwide.


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