Science|Business Reporting

Helsinn Holding SA, a privately-owned pharmaceutical company, is to establish a centre of excellence in R&D of oral solid dosage at its existing site in Dublin.

Bath University has been awarded a £3.4 million knowledge transfer grant to help academics share their research with the business community.

The €6 million BioMara research project to investigate the use of algae to produce biofuel has been launched, backed by €4.9M from the EU.

The EIT has published the call for proposals for its first two or three Knowledge and Innovation Communities, which are to be selected by the end of January 2010.

As governments plough in $3 trillion to stimulate growth, 52 major companies and leading climate change experts argue for policies to promote low carbon technology.