A British pharmaceutical distributor, Beckpharma Ltd., said it licensed two Cuban healthcare products to sell in Europe as part of a broader effort for trade links.

A new proposal from the European Investment Fund seeks to accelerate the success of European technology transfer projects. A noble idea, says Mary Lisbeth D'Amico in her fortnightly column, but no one has yet stepped up to foot the bill.

OrthoMimetics, the first technology spin-out from the Cambridge-MIT Institute, Cambridge, UK, has begun its search for initial funding.

Venture capital’s refusal to continue support helped Cyan Technology into liquidation. Rebuilt by its management, Cyan is now wary of asking VCs for money.

Better, brighter, faster – that's where photonic lasers are trying to take us. A lay guide to the technology.