A plan to build the science base in European countries that lag behind got under way with the award of the first round of grants to enable young researchers to relocate.
The EU is meant to be good at compromise. Not so on patents. As the latest compromise bit the dust, Commissioner McCreevy promised to have one, last, go.
For European tech start-ups, 2006 was the year that the traffic lights for money switched from red to yellow. Yet to be seen is whether they finally go green next year.
The UK is setting up a national network to carry out clinical trials of paediatric medicines, filling the gap left by pharmaceutical companies which usually test drugs only on adults.
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