PATENTS AND THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER

In February 2024, the European Patent Office (EPO) published a new study on cancer-fighting inventions worldwide. This study highlighted that innovation (in terms of the annual number of international patent families IPFs) has seen a significant increase of 70% between the years 2015 and 2021.

Switzerland ranks 4th among European countries for patent protection of technologies in this field, behind France (3rd), the UK (2nd) and Germany the leader. Worldwide, the United States dominates the ranking, followed by the European Union and Japan.

 

To know more :

https://www.epo.org/en/news-events/news/new-study-shows-inventions-fight-cancer-are-more-70-2015

https://www.ige.ch/en/services/newsroom/news/news-details/epa-news-12