Technology transfer

Gene therapy is poised to make a commercial breakthrough after Oxford BioMedica agreed global rights for a cancer treatment with Sanofi-Aventis, in a deal with a headline value of €518 million.

Politicians are great gamblers – but the EC President is playing for high stakes by wagering all on the creation of a European Institute of Technology.

The Kremlin opened bidding this week on a new venture-capital programme to kick-start the country’s technology sector. And it starts with full pockets.

Does it really help to have media stars along to launch your reports?

Deloitte's take on the budget and R&D tax relief. And other responses on the spending for science.

A record 36,471 international trademark applications were received in 2006 by the World Intellectual Property Organisation.