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WIPO publishes on Supporting Innovation: How Incentives Drive Technology Transfer for Global Health

WIPO publishes on Supporting Innovation: How Incentives Drive Technology Transfer for Global Health

Submitted by Efua Halm on

A two-part article, discussing how researchers all over the world generate groundbreaking ideas that are crucial for addressing global health challenges, has been released on the WIPO Global Health news channel.

Part 1 of the article delves into how important it is to move from research into commercially viable products and how that process often faces many obstacles. The importance of technology transfer is essential to facilitate and propel the transformation from lab to market. It involves disseminating scientific findings, knowledge and intellectual property (IP) to industry and partners, leading to new medicines and medical devices that improve global health outcomes.

Part 2 discusses financial incentives in research funding and intellectual property (IP) management support. It expands on how incentives motivate researchers to collaborate, innovate, and commercialize their research and looks at the role of financial and non-financial incentives, and the role WIPO plays in driving technology transfer for Global Health.  

Access Part 1 of this insightful article here and Part 2 here