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A new initiative aims to develop computer and cell-based alternatives to animal toxicity testing, with the aim of replacing the use of one million animals each year in Europe.

Personalising medicine will improve healthcare and create important new markets. Europe needs to move now and seize the benefits it offers, writes Richard L. Hudson.

Personalised medicine offers a way to prevent adverse reactions to drugs and avoid unnecessary treatments, but barriers are standing in the way.

The Research Council and the R&D community in Norway are planning a new biotechnology research initiative for 2011.

Roland Siegwart plans to build on ETH Zurich's successful start-up ecosystem, improving support and fostering interdisciplinary cooperation.

The five largest intellectual property offices have agreed to move ahead on ten Foundation Projects, to provide a framework to support work-sharing.

EU Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, has called for fresh ideas from parliament, and the public and private sectors.