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The proposal for a unified patent court is incompatible with EU Treaties, says Europe’s Advocate General, a serious setback for the creation of the European Patent.

Public spending on research has to stand up to rigorous economic scrutiny said the UK’s new Science Minister David Willetts, in a recent speech.

As it takes an axe to quangos from education to health, the UK government is laying plans for a new single body to supervise clinical trials.

The European Investment Bank has agreed a €220 million loan to support research and development projects at the US agricultural equipment giant, John Deere.

A scheme run for the past 15 years to give life science PhD students more commercial awareness has been successful, says an independent review.

A partnership has been forged between the Wellcome Trust and the Department of Biotechnology in India to support the development of new healthcare products in India.

The research charity Cancer Research UK has set up its own £18 million manufacturing unit to make biopharmaceuticals for use in clinical trials.