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Nuala’s Moran’s roundup of news and views in the management of intellectual assets Helpdesk

Oslo-based anticancer company Algeta has closed a series A financing round totaling €23 million.

Michael Kenward's roundup of new studies, reports and tools for the business of science

Take care: not all spin-outs end in fame and glory. The path from academia to industry is strewn with pitfalls…

Mary Lisbeth D'Amico's first fortnightly funding column reveals how coming out on top in a start-up talent show does not guarantee funding.

Scientists love to complicate things; and if you're not in the same field, or – worse – are in business or investment, then it's easy to get lost. Enter the Science|Business Quick Guides to some of the hottest fields of science and technology…

One of Europe’s biggest research organisations, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft in Germany, is pushing to close its first venture fund to finance spin-off companies from the institute.

Europe looks increasingly likely to follow America’s lead and require drug companies to test their products in children. But Europe's pharma lack the resources to carry out drug trials in children — so industry and patients will have to rely on the skills developed in academic centres.

IBM’s savvy move to share 500 patents may spark innovation in computer software and in how companies handle IP.

Technology from one of France’s Grandes Écoles is going towards developing an easy-to-program home robot – with a common touch

Energy: The Manchester “bobber” is using the power of ocean waves to find a lower-cost route to alternative energy.

Partnerships: An EU project aims to design road-hardened microchips in a fast-changing market.

Not everyone can produce a Google, Stanford's way of doing business is making other universities look with interest at the revenue possibilities of equity deals.

Once upon a time, there were great businesses with massive central labs that did both product development and basic research. Today, most corporate labs have refocused on applied research. They do not know what they are missing.