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Two of the UK’s publicly funded nanotechtechnology promotion bodies have joined forces to speed the development of applications in regenerative medicine, diagnostics, imaging and drug discovery.

Austrian MEP Paul Rübig received the European Patent Office’s 2008 award for Research & Innovation in recognition of his strong advocacy for small and medium-sized enterprises.

The credit crunch is strangling biotech. And with no access to capital, the only way out is to sell to big pharma.

The UK biofuels start-up D1 Oils says it has produced the first crude oil from its jatropha plantations, showing the value of the plant as a biofuel crop.

The German government is currently discussing major changes to the German Act on Employees’ Inventions to simplify and streamline the existing provisions.

The UK is to invest in a nationwide network of cancer imaging research centres that will apply the latest imaging technologies to basic and clinical research.

Sweden’s industrial development fund failed to sell any shares in portfolio companies in 2007–2008 and wrote down the value of its life sciences investments.