A British pharmaceutical distributor, Beckpharma Ltd., said it licensed two Cuban healthcare products to sell in Europe as part of a broader effort for trade links.

Some strange new ways of raising money are starting to emerge - but would-be borrowers and lenders are still making sense of them.

Better, brighter, faster – that's where photonic lasers are trying to take us. A lay guide to the technology.

With licensing and collaboration now the lifeblood of the drug industry, the annual BIO-Europe get-together was focused on partnering. Nuala Moran was there.

New regulations on the registration and testing of chemicals could have some problematic knock-on effects on European R&D – but they could also bring some lucrative work the way of contract research organisations.

A politician's gaffe highlights the gender gap in science. Political action, not talk, is what's needed to close it.

Scientists are moving around as never before. And, argues Jean Guinet from the OECD, that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

A British start-up is betting it has a better way for television networks to watch their viewers watching them.

Venture capital’s refusal to continue support helped Cyan Technology into liquidation. Rebuilt by its management, Cyan is now wary of asking VCs for money.