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The League of European Research Universities has once again hit out at IP rules and funding levels in the EU’s Innovative Medicines Initiative, saying academics will be discouraged from taking part in the €2B collaborative research programme

There are fine lines to tread – and regulatory, technical and cultural obstacles to negotiate – to protect the IP rights that underpin commercialisation and defend individual privacy when opening up and interconnecting Big Data stores

The European Commission has accepted the Court of Auditors report on the shortcomings of Framework Programme 7 and says they will be addressed in Horizon 2020

Models that demonstrate how Big Data can create jobs, foster resilience and make healthcare systems sustainable exist today. Now leadership is needed to build on this and stimulate a new wave of economic and social progress

The winners of the 5th annual Academic Enterprise Awards have been announced at a conference that brought together Europe's innovation leaders to discuss the importance of research, innovation and entrepreneurship

Calls from the European Parliament for the full costs of research to be met in Horizon 2020 fall on deaf ears, as EU Research Ministers confirm existing flat-rate reimbursement model will stay

The amazing thing about Big Data is not the sheer volume, but what we can do with it. This makes it imperative to get Europe’s new data protection rules right – and as soon as possible – says Neelie Kroes, Commissioner for the Digital Agenda

Negotiations over IP are acknowledged as one of the biggest bottlenecks in university/industry collaborations. A number of piecemeal schemes aim to overcome this, but a systematic approach is required to create more liquid markets for research outputs