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16 May 2016Africa

‘2016 State of Innovation Report’: Biotech innovation decreases by 2%

Biotech was the only technology area out of 12 studied that has shown a global decline in its year-on-year innovation, declining by 2%, according to the “2016 State of Innovation Report: Disruptive, Game-Changing Innovation” by Thomson Reuters.

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