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Panel from left to right: Axel Threlfall, Marie-Pierre Comets, Ian Hiscock, Ingrid Baele and Basil Moftah. (Photo: Courtesy of Thomson Reuters)
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Novartis and Philips talk patents and innovation at Thomson Reuters event

At a Thomson Reuters event in Paris on Thursday to celebrate the European companies featured on its list of top 100 global innovators, panellists including Novartis and Philips discussed the nature of innovation and how to encourage it.

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