The imperative to adopt an integrated approach to issues at the crossroads of health, IP and trade has been at the heart of the longstanding collaboration among the three Geneva-based organizations.

Governments and policymakers are faced with the challenging task of identifying the right mix of policy options to best advance domestic policy objectives to facilitate sustainable innovation. Participants discussed how to facilitate ongoing domestic and regional policy discussions through a more coherent and comprehensive approach.

Members with diverse levels of development and from different regions of the world shared valuable experiences about the implementation of laws and policies in support of sustainable innovation ecosystems and access to the outcomes. This was followed by a roundtable discussion and further complemented by information provided by the three organizations on trilateral and other relevant work.

The WHO-WIPO-WTO Technical Assistance Platform was also briefly introduced at the meeting. It allows members to easily request joint technical assistance from the three organizations to access the full range of expertise at the intersection of health, trade and IP in a coordinated manner.

The Trilateral Briefing series is a set of closed meetings for members.

The next briefing session for Geneva-based health, IP and trade attachés is tentatively scheduled to take place in September 2025.

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