There’s a five hour window to reduce the effects of a stroke by removing the blood clot that caused it. ACES winner Brainomix has automated the assessment of brain scans, increasing confidence in diagnosis and informing treatment decisions

Juncker will be forced to reshuffle the deck after MEPs reject Slovenia’s Alenka Bratušek, while Spain’s controversial nominee Miguel Arias Cañete gets the nod

To realise the potential - and prevent the misuse - of digitised healthcare information, statistics and programming need to feature in medical training. And better security must be put in place to ensure patient privacy

Europe’s SMEs are starved of cash. Crowdfunding represents a potential way to overcome some of the fragmentation of Europe’s capital markets and improve access to financing for start-ups, says Karen Wilson of the policy thinktank Bruegel

Billed as the hearing of the week, Spain’s Commissioner-to-be faced a cacophonous European Parliament. A strong hold on the energy and climate change brief saw him pick up some admirers, but it may not be enough

Vytenis Andriukaitis pledges to widen access to innovative healthcare across the EU and to keep the highest health and food safety standards in a more equal ‘Health Union’

Poland must break down the silos between academics and industry, to build the trust and infrastructures needed to underpin multilateral collaborations, and enable Polish medical researchers to capitalise on pharma’s thirst for external innovation

The EU-funded BASTION project aims to build relationships between science and industry and promote the translation of cancer research into new treatments. But a number of obstacles must be removed before true collaboration can flourish

The EU-funded BASTION project aims to build relationships between science and industry and promote the translation of cancer research into new treatments. A number of obstacles must be removed before true collaboration can flourish