Longstanding concern that central and eastern member states are not as successful in EU research as western peers needs greater attention, ministers say, warning that east-west split will harm negotiating hand in EU budget talks

A bigger budget, fair salaries for researchers and more money for countries with weaker research systems are on Hungary’s Framework Programme 9 wish list 

New measures aim to ensure that intellectual property rights are upheld, to stem the flow €85B annual influx of pirated and counterfeit goods, and encourage SMEs and start-ups to invest in innovation

There is more than a hint of dirigisme in the first explicit national industrial strategy since the 1970s. The government says it is not about picking winners, but shaping the environment as a whole

More prevention, improved primary care and an integrated, patient-centred approach is the route to making health systems resilient. Underpinning all this will be better data, says report on State of Health in the EU

Phase II trial will analyse breath biomarkers to improve understanding of treatment effects, advancing the precision medicine agenda

Media are too full of ‘alarmist, hysterical’ doomsday scenarios, says Carlos Moedas, as EU looks at ways to block flow of online misinformation

Swiss research leaders fear the new funding body will only serve the rare, ‘one-in-a-hundred’ breakthrough projects, and neglect the other critical innovation stages