Science|Business Reporting

Just under a year since the last suit was settled Bavarian Nordic is going back to court, seeking a slice of a lucrative cancer vaccine deal.

The European Research Council says its first batch of proposals from older scientists was excellent, with a broad range of nationalities – but not enough women.

The Council of Ministers is to provide €100 million from the EU’s 7th Framework Programme to boost research capacities of SMEs in Europe.

The European Commission has published its Small Business Act for Europe in a bid to cut red tape and establish a new pan-European company structure.

Europe has started doing better in IT research but still has a lot more to do to capitalise on the results, says a report by former Finnish Prime Minister Esko Aho.

The Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases and the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development are to jointly develop new medicines for tuberculosis.