Science|Business Reporting

Austrian MEP Paul Rübig received the European Patent Office’s 2008 award for Research & Innovation in recognition of his strong advocacy for small and medium-sized enterprises.

The credit crunch is strangling biotech. And with no access to capital, the only way out is to sell to big pharma.

The UK biofuels start-up D1 Oils says it has produced the first crude oil from its jatropha plantations, showing the value of the plant as a biofuel crop.

The German government is currently discussing major changes to the German Act on Employees’ Inventions to simplify and streamline the existing provisions.