Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is to set up a biotechnology laboratory in Chile, its first research centre in South America, following an agreement with the Chilean government.
DFG, The German Federal Ministry of Research and Education, and the Japan Science and Technology Agency have agreed to collaborate on computational neuroscience.
The UK Technology Strategy Board has set up the Stratified Medicines Innovation Platform to oversee an investment of over £50 million in personalised medicine.
The UK’s Human Genetic Commission has drawn up a set of principles for consumer gene testing that it hopes can form the basis of an international code of practice.
A partnership has been forged between the Wellcome Trust and the Department of Biotechnology in India to support the development of new healthcare products in India.