Policy

German entrepreneur Lars Hinrichs has a new, off-the-peg approach to incubating start-ups. Could this plug the yawning gap in Europe’s venture capital system?

The UK Innovation Forum (UKIF) has been set up to foster relations between academics and businesses and promote the commercialisation of university research.

The World Intellectual property Organisation has launched WIPO GOLD, a free, on-line global intellectual property reference resource.

The cost-cutting provoked by the global economic downturn is likely to have a long-term impact on the life sciences industries, says a new report.

MIT and South Africa’s Technology Innovation Agency are to join the Pool for Open Innovation against Neglected Tropical Diseases.

A week before Science|Business brings together experts from Europe to discuss personalised medicine here, we look at what’s happening in the US.

Tailoring the treatment to patients is a grand idea. But there are many obstacles. Science|Business organised a roundtable to debate what could be done.

Bell Labs is to expand its research in Ireland. The expansion, which will see 75 more researchers employed at the labs, will provide more opportunities for collaboration.