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The UK’s new £1 billion start-up fund should support entrepreneurs with immediate plans to bring a product into the market, not long-term projects to commercialise new research, says NESTA’s Sami Mahroum.

The French Presidency made headway on the Small Business Act, but other matters, notably patent reform, were run off the rails by the financial crisis, says Science|Business’s Paul Meller

Tax credits, specific project funding and deep-pocketed syndicates hit the radar as the biotech industry scrapes around for money.

Czech will provide a new and dedicated service on research initiatives taking place during the country’s six-month tenure of the European Union Presidency.

The Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation has appointed Benoît Battistelli as its next chairman.

The World Intellectual Property Organisation is to align its programmes, resources and structures with a new set of goals.

France’s public research body, CNR,S has agreed the formation of two International Associated Laboratories with China.

The UK’s biggest funder of life sciences research is to bring industrial expertise directly into research departments.