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Entrepreneur Hermann Hauser gives a positive account of the UK’s Fraunhofer-style innovation centres, but says further substantial investment is needed to exploit the country’s world-leading science base

As a new European Commission sets to work, its energy-chief duo must make sure 2030 targets are met, bring down CO2 emissions and accelerate a single European energy market

Pressure builds on EU member states to agree a budget for 2015 that minimises hurt for researchers

In advance of a debate on GM crops in the European Parliament, a group of scientists tells governments to stop impeding trials

A low-cost text message programme to help young people improve their English language skills won the Science|Business inaugural Global Innovation Award earlier this month. Its founder, Elvis Austins, spells out how he got here and what comes next

Drive-AB has €9.4M to develop new business models to promote industry investment in antibiotics and prevent their inappropriate use

One-time head of IBM Europe and now an MEP, Hans-Olaf Henkel arrives in the EU capital to put his stamp on innovation policy and start a conversation on curtailing what he sees as Commission over-reach

InSphero’s breakthrough in generating 3D cell models of human organs at scale for use in toxicity screens attracted potential customers to invest in proving the technology. Now all the top ten pharma companies are users

Biologic drugs deliver health and wealth. But it is a long, fraught path from lab to bedside. Science|Business brought together research, business and policymakers to draft a risk-reduction plan for the new Parliament and Commission

Funding to be spent on clinical trials in Africa and assessing safety of experimental vaccine candidates. EMA to speed reviews.