Microsoft France's support scheme for start-ups has begun its second year, with success at just one of the 25 companies it has helped covering the costs of the programme over two years. And now Microsoft’s subsidiaries in Germany and the UK are joining in.

The Hungarian biotech sector is ahead of the rest of the new European Union member states pack, but it remains stymied by a lack of managers with a scientific background.

The latest announcement from BASF Venture Capital America Inc. brings back memories of the dash for energy R&D 30 years ago.

A new study shows that universities in the USA still rule the roost when it comes to biotech research, not to mention turning it into cash.

US institutions are dominant in a survey of bio tech transfer published by the Miliken Foundation covering publications, patenting and tech transfer outcomes.

This week, Science|Business launches an initiative to improve the process of innovation in Europe – an online marketplace to link scientists and industry.

Glasgow University has introduced an online licensing agreement system on its technology commercialisation web site in a bid to make it easier for SMEs to access its research