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Obesity has been promoted from lifestyle issue to global health problem. But can fatness be cured? A new drug may be a turning point.

The claim that European public opinion contributes to the technology gap between the US and Europe is invalid, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey.

Battery capacity has been blamed for holding back innovation in many fields, from renewable energy to mobiles. Now nanotech is providing the answer.

Mista Ltd is looking for funding and publishers for its software, which allows users to create virtual guided tours.

The EU's attempt to reduce the amount of animal testing became more concrete last week with the publication of an action programme.

The UK government has announced the formation of two further Enterprise Capital Funds, one more than it intended to set up in the first phase of the programme.

Innate Pharma SA has applied for an initial public offering and listing on the Euronext in Paris, to raise funds to expand its pipeline of oncology therapeutics.

Civo BioScreening is looking for strategic partnerships to help it take forward its novel polymer screening technology.

Novartis’s move to take over UK biotech NeuTec Pharma at a large premium highlights how the so-called “superbugs” have reinvigorated pharma’s interest in antibiotics.