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2 March 2023PharmaSarah Speight

WIPO: Pharma patents dwindle against record total growth

Health-related patents fell during 2022 against a backdrop of record global patents filed | Biotechnology was fastest growing field among Patent Cooperation Treaty applications | COVID-19 pandemic caused large falls in goods classes such as pharmaceuticals.

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