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In a final interview as European Patients Forum secretary general, Nicola Bedlington says the EU needs a ‘home for health’ in the European Commission, and patients should be at the centre of designing new health research initiatives

Rolf Tarrach, in a long-shot bid for the European Parliament, wants to transform the debate around science and evidence in Europe. ‘Society has got used to believing things that are wrong,’ he tells Science|Business

Commissioners sign off on experimental ‘matrix‘ design for DG Research that also retains international division, ending months of speculation

Five candidate make their case to be the next European Commission president

European Innovation Council pilot awards grants to 13 projects that are close to commercialisation

Chinese telecoms giant will be barred from most sensitive parts of project

Kelvin Droegemeier, appointed to the White House this year after a long delay, hails Trump administration’s ‘tremendous progress’ on science

Lead candidate for the EU’s top job pledges to back a large-scale cancer research programme and introduce a ‘digital fair tax’ on internet companies to help workers displaced by automation

Romanian MEP and former deputy prime minister Dan Nica tells Science|Business that Romania and other member states should make more effort to reach the EU target of spending 3% of GDP on research.

EU Research Commissioner Carlos Moedas tells Science|Business he ‘cannot see’ Horizon Europe ‘without the UK’