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The country’s local governments are mobilising to avert a knock-on budget hit from Brexit

Interim accommodation offered by Amsterdam in its winning bid was “not acceptable” says EMA director, Guido Rasi. Now the agency faces a ‘double transfer’ out of London, increasing costs and delaying the return to normal operations

The Commission is proposing defence spending of €500M for 2019-2020. That could rise to €1.5 billion a year from 2021, but MEPs this week clashed with industry over how it should be spent  

Group of innovators strengthen the argument for the agency in a report published this week, as research commissioner presses the case

UK medicines regulator seeks to allay pharma industry concern, reiterating a previous promise it will be pragmatic in setting new UK drugs rules in event of no-deal Brexit

Commission announces broad new policy push to tackle scourge of plastic pollution

A Scottish government report lays out potential hit of divorce in a new economic forecast that first minister Nicola Sturgeon says strengthens case for UK remaining in EU single market

Commission lays out plan to catch China and US in the competition to create a ‘super-supercomputer’

Influential voices in the commission and national governments want to boost spending on research and innovation from 2021 – 2028. But they are facing competing demands - and must fill a €12B Brexit-shaped hole in the coffers

Viewpoint: More EU ministers and commissioners are voicing support for bigger research and innovation funding – but the political argument is a long way from won

Viewpoint: BioMed Alliance Director Ulrich Jaeger argues that EU funding is crucial in allowing medical researchers across member states to collaborate in the development of new treatments. In Framework Programme 9, processes must be optimised and the budget boosted - to deliver for patients and the economy