Science|Business Reporting

The Transport Research Knowledge Centre has relaunched its web portal, making it easier to access results of EU or nationally financed transport research.

Innogenetics NV has settled its patent dispute with the US pharma giant Abbott over hepatitis C genotyping technology.

The European Society of Human Genetics wants to ban the patenting of genes and DNA sequences but allow patents on genetic tests.

The Innovative Medicines Initiative gets under way in earnest on 30 April when would-be participants will learn about the scope of the programme.