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When the US Congress reconvenes next month, the Patent Reform Act of 2011 - the first major overhaul of the American patent system since 1952 - will be top of its agenda.

This is the UK’s largest ever investment in translational health research. The 31 separate awards include funding for four new Biomedical Research Units, specialising in dementia research.

The European Commission has put in an additional €12 million from Framework Programme 7 to increase Europe’s capacity for tackling epidemics

The European Food Safety Authority has opened a public consultation on its proposals for regulating food from genetically modified animals

Global R&D investment by companies in Europe will grow by 5 per cent per year from 2011 to 2013, but most of this will be spent outside the EU