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Investment in later stage clinical development is needed to back up recent improvements in the discovery of new antibiotics, and to ensure the use of novel products is managed to maintain their effectiveness  

The stated intent is to end secrecy around journal pricing and allow easier cost comparison for funders and libraries

A new report by the European Commission says forcing foreign businesses to share their technologies in exchange for market access is a “systemic problem” in China

Researchers will get funding to look into business opportunities, patent discoveries or build prototypes

In an interview Mariya Gabriel says her priorities include establishment of a European Knowledge Strategy, and reducing the east-west performance gap

EU research chief Mariya Gabriel says basic principles of UK participation in EU research programmes will be the same as for other non-EU members

Ursula von der Leyen says both sides will have to "prioritise" which elements are negotiated before the end of 2020

MPs defeat opposition amendment to Brexit bill that would have committed UK to negotiating student scheme access in 2020

Data privacy, liability – and the possibility of mind control – are among concerns experts raise, as OECD issues first international recommendations on the emerging technology

Science budget and R&D tax breaks will go up, but manifesto promise of agency modelled on DARPA is ditched, as government confirms it wants a hard Brexit, with UK outside the EU single market and customs union