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Scotland is investing £9.5 million of public money in the Swedish stem cell company Cellartis AB to fund an R&D and manufacturing facility in Dundee.

The UK government has given £1.1 million to Plasticell Ltd to fund the development of a system to automate stem cell research.

In a rare example of a university tec transfer deal attracting an upfront payment, French pharma company Ipsen paying €1.25 million for a treatment licence.

Intellectual property laws have fallen short of providing legal protection on indigenous knowledge. Now India is setting up a database to establish prior art on traditional knowledge.