Éanna Kelly

New European Commission director-general for research promises more ‘joined-up’ policy work for next research programme

Günther Oettinger calls for ‘flexible’ approach on post-Brexit science deal, while standing firm on freedom of movement. And, he acknowledges, losing the UK’s scientific heft could damage the EU’s global standing in R&D

Romania’s Dan Nica will handle regulation and rules of participation for the next research programme, while German MEP Christian Ehler will take on specific programme

Current EU health chief plays down fear from civil society groups that next Commission will drop EU health role

Patients are getting more access and control over their health records, but for now there are no plans to systematically collect data on outcomes

Science and policy groups will draft rules of participation in June, and Austrian presidency will sign off on a governance structure in November

New features in cohesion funding include incentives for cross-border investment and a dramatically scaled down rulebook

Former Italian prime minister Mario Monti tapped to find successor to current president, Jean-Pierre Bourguignon

Sam Gyimah is pushing for favourable terms for UK membership in Horizon Europe. “You don’t want to put a cap on excellence,” he says

European Commission proposes a change to intellectual property rules to let generic drugmakers enter non-EU markets faster. Patent holders are not happy