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Top EU official Françoise Le Bail pushes new innovation policies as a route to economic recovery.

The long-running row over software patenting has finally been referred to the highest appeals body of the European Patent Office.

Despite being the first country in the Eurozone to go into recession, the Irish government said it would maintain funding for Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), with a commitment of Euro 179 million in the 2009 budget.

Europe’s high-tech clusters are failing to reach their full potential. We need encourage more cooperation, says the Commission.

Research Councils UK (RCUK) has opened a new office in New Delhi, India, to promote research collaboration between the two countries.

AstraZeneca subsidiary MedImmune Inc opened a new biologics research and development centre in Cambridge, UK, a major expansion to its base at the former Cambridge Antibody Technology facility.

Forget bank bailouts, investment in innovative sectors like IT, medical devices and biotech will be important in rescuing the US economy. Here’s how John McCain and Barack Obama would apply science and innovation policy to solve the economic crisis.

They both come armed with broad plans to stimulate innovation, but the U.S. presidential hopefuls may face their own funding gap amid the flailing economy.