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The research charity Cancer Research UK has set up its own £18 million manufacturing unit to make biopharmaceuticals for use in clinical trials.

A partnership has been forged between the Wellcome Trust and the Department of Biotechnology in India to support the development of new healthcare products in India.

A scheme run for the past 15 years to give life science PhD students more commercial awareness has been successful, says an independent review.

The European Investment Bank has agreed a €220 million loan to support research and development projects at the US agricultural equipment giant, John Deere.

Can it make commercial sense for companies to charge head-on into large-scale problems like climate change, ageing or energy supplies? Yes, according to Dow Corning.

As it takes an axe to quangos from education to health, the UK government is laying plans for a new single body to supervise clinical trials.

Times may be hard, but it remains possible to be innovative, Henry Chesbrough, the father of Open Innovation and ESADE Visiting Professor, tells Science|Business.

Europe’s chemical companies are pioneering enzymes to turn plant waste into fuel. But the technology is being exploited elsewhere.