European Union

EuropaBio, the European Association for Bioindustries, has elected Andrea Rappagliosi of GlaxoSmithKline to chair the association.

As Sweden prepares for the EU presidency, Bjarne Kirsebom, of the Swedish Permanent Representation in Brussels, spoke to Science|Business.

Innovation through R&D, not tax-payer funded scrappage subsidies, is the only way for the car industry to rescue itself, writes Nuala Moran.

A new legal status will make it simpler to build and operate large facilities like the €1.3 billion neutron source to be built in Sweden.

The first 15 projects in the innovative medicines Joint Technology Initiative have been announced. The projects will receive a total of €246 million.

The European Commission has approved the €46.3 million granted by France to the BioIntelligence research and development programme.

Even as campaigners step up their demands for patent reform, patent offices themselves are being buried under a deluge of applications.

Despite its €1.06 billion fine, Intel denies harming EU customers, and, as it opens its new R&D lab, says it remains committed to European R&D.