Science|Business Reporting

The UK government has responded to pressure and agreed to set up an independent agency to improve and simplify governance and regulation and shorten the time to getting approval for clinical trials

A new scheme will offer funding for small companies to carry out research and development on products, processes and services

The Indian government and the World International Property Organisation will work together to prevent biopiracy and help countries protect herbal remedies, plant lore and other traditions

The German carmaker is teaming up with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg Launch to launch a PhD research group specialising in electric vehicles

For the first time the general public will have access to information on all trials running in Europe

A multinational database on ageing is first to become a European Research Infrastructure Consortium, a new legal status that will be an important building block of the European Research Area

The European Commission is launching a public relations offensive to try and shift opinions on the cultivation of genetically modified crops in Europe

The first of a new network of centres modelled on Germany’s Fraunhofer system will specialise in high value manufacturing

The body representing Europe’s leading research universities is calling for the separate accounting requirements for Framework Programme projects to be abolished

A new pilot will link entrepreneurs with the public and voluntary sectors across Europe to develop and deliver products and services that address unmet social needs