As it takes an axe to quangos from education to health, the UK government is laying plans for a new single body to supervise clinical trials.

A partnership has been forged between the Wellcome Trust and the Department of Biotechnology in India to support the development of new healthcare products in India.

Genomics is turbo-charging traditional plant and animal breeding. But can new varieties get patent protection, ask Nicholas Jones and Rachel Wallis of Withers & Rogers LLP.