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Like many others, the Swiss EPFL has grand plans to attract international companies. Its secret weapon: renouncing royalties in favour of overhead financing.

European Commission officials are studying ways to give R&D investment an additional boost from 2009, according to a senior EC research official.

The first full list of finalists from Brussels’ new research agency has plenty of surprises for research establishments.

An international research consortium has announced plans for a $50 million effort to create the most detailed and medically useful map of human genetic variation to date.

The US Appeals Court has upheld the finding that Abbott Laboratories infringed Innogenetics’ hepatitis C virus genotyping patent

Since 1996 Index Ventures has invested in seed and early stage start-ups. Now it says Europe’s start-ups are more mature and need care and capital to stay in control.

The UK’s private equity and venture capital industry is bracing itself for an economic slowdown, according to new research.