Science|Business Reporting

Small companies attract special attention - and at least €6.8 billion - in the Commission’s new research plan

Investments in ehealth can pay off for patients and healthcare administrators, as a growing number of systems across Europe testify. Now is not the time to cut back on investment

WIPO report highlights how intellectual property is moving from being a purely technical issue to become a central part of innovation policy

Spurred by the seminal report of Esko Aho, in 2007 the EU set about trying to use its massive public sector spending power to create a coordinated demand for new products. A report on the Lead Market Initiative considers the progress of the policy to date

VTT will contribute knowhow to new Center for Bioengineering which opened in Berkeley, California this week

A consortium of public and private sector organisations is to open up intellectual property to promote the development of new treatments for neglected tropical diseases

Total R&D investment among the world’s top 1,000 spenders on R&D surged upward in 2010 from its recession-induced decline in 2009, but spending as a percentage of profit fell

Sixth annual Truffle survey says industry is marked by changing business models and needs public sector support to resist aggressive US competitors

3 winners to be named from the EU initiative’s projects, in cooperation with Science|Business

The FUTUREAGE road map describes how the EU will tackle its grand challenge of Europe's ageing population over the next 10 years.