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Turmoil in the financial markets is having a disproportionate impact on biotech – and coupled with extra caution from regulators, is threatening innovation.

Switzerland’s biotech sector enjoyed healthy growth in 2007, according to the latest annual report of the industry body, Swiss Biotech.

MRC Technology, the commercialisation arm of the UK’s Medical Research Council, has approved £6 million funding for the continuation of its pre-seed Development Gap Fund.

South African scientists will gain access to European molecular biology research through the European Molecular Biology Organization after their government signed a cooperation agreement.

The European Commission is to boost its investment in European robotics research to €400 million between 2007 and 2010. The increase in spending will underpin stronger links between academia and industry.

ICAMS, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Materials Simulation established with a €24 million contribution from leading German firms, has been officially opened by the Ruhr University.

Brussels is abuzz with speculation that Europe’s fragmented, costly and complex patent regime is about to reform – aided by advances in machine translation. But support is not unanimous.