After long negotiations MEPs agreed on the EU’s pharmaceutical reform. It includes longer exclusivity for data filed to get marketing approval for new drugs. But pharma still isn’t happy
Innovation in regenerative agriculture needs a broad brush approach if economic and ecological benefits are to be accurately assessed. A new project aims to scale up to landscape level to enable this
The BRICS research framework programme, running since 2016, uses strikingly similar language to those run by the EU. But the organisers insist it is not modelled on the EU programmes. Science|Business takes a look
The Horizon Europe Missions are facing a wave of criticism. But are the alleged flaws intrinsic to the missions concept, or are they the result of missteps in implementation that can be resolved? I believe it is the latter
The European Parliament has approved the Artificial Intelligence Act, but there are increasing worries about the burden of compliance and how, along with a mix of other digital legislation, companies now have a ‘regulatory spaghetti bowl’ to untangle
The debate in Germany about increasing military research funding is becoming more concrete. A commission of research experts, as well as ministers Bettina Stark-Watzinger and Robert Habeck, have called for stronger support for defense innovation
The innovation programme for start-ups with dual-use technologies has announced a significant expansion of its network of accelerator sites and test centres
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