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The goal is to leverage intellectual property (IP) as a tool that contributes to meet the world’s most pressing health needs.</p> </div> <div class="complementary"> <figure><a href="/web/20181101010831/http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=46846" target="_self"><img src="/web/20181101010831im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/pics/wipo_3988_845.jpg" alt="Heads of WHO, WIPO and WTO address Symposium on Future for Medical and Pharmaceutical Innovation" border="1"/></a> <figcaption>Directors General of WIPO, WHO and WTO address the <a href="/web/20181101010831/http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=46846" target="_self">Joint Technical Symposium on Sustainable Development Goals.</a> (Photo: WIPO/Berrod)</figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> <div id="wipo-news" class="content content--news line" data-layout="vertical" data-number="3" data-xml="/tools/en/includes/ocms_news.xml?path=/policy/en/news/global_health/"></div> <div class="content cols 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