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The WHO is looking to patent pools to prevent blocking IP and give earlier access to generics manufacturers as part of a plan to improve healthcare in developing countries.

France Angels, the country’s business angels’ network, has agreed to provide seed funding for the Microsoft start-up programme Idées.

The UK has strengthened its scientific ties with China with the official opening of the Research Councils UK office in Beijing, the first of its type outside Europe.

Specialist units set up by UK Revenue and Customs Departments to encourage SMEs to apply for R&D tax credits made cash payments totalling £150 million in the past year.

What is the best way for the EU to spend its R&D money? An unusual debate at the European Commission provides insights.

Iain Gray, former managing director of Airbus UK, has taken up his post as the first Chief Executive of the government-funded body set up to promote and invest in R&D for technology and innovation.

Biotech crops may finally be breaking through to the commercial mainstream in Europe, with a 77 perc ent increase in planting between 2006 and 2007, according to data released this week.

Researchers using the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, and working with scientists, have become the first to elucidate the structure of a membrane protein, an important advance for drug discovery.

The European Consortium of Innovative Universities this week celebrates its tenth birthday with a conference at the University of Twente.