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Helsinn Holding SA, a privately-owned pharmaceutical company, is to establish a centre of excellence in R&D of oral solid dosage at its existing site in Dublin.

Bath University has been awarded a £3.4 million knowledge transfer grant to help academics share their research with the business community.

The €6 million BioMara research project to investigate the use of algae to produce biofuel has been launched, backed by €4.9M from the EU.

The EIT has published the call for proposals for its first two or three Knowledge and Innovation Communities, which are to be selected by the end of January 2010.

Money may be tight, but there a newcomer looking to put seed investment into innovative companies – and which aims to make funding decisions within 10 weeks.

ERC head Fotis Kafatos urges basic research for economic growth – and charts a course for expansion.