Data from Germany and UK show BioNTech and AstraZeneca vaccines induce a broad immune response in early trials. Meanwhile UK government continues to go it alone in striking advance purchase deals
EU heads of state agree on historic budget deal, but partly at the cost of research funding, despite science’s role in fighting COVID-19. Critics say the Horizon budget became a ‘cash cow’ during budget talks.
Newly appointed to its governing board, former MEP Paul Rübig says the European Institute of Innovation and Technology will play a key role in reviving innovation value chains - from shuttered universities, to cash strapped SMEs, to market
The proposed cut to Horizon Europe draws further criticism, as a parliament analysis warns funding will ‘plunge below current levels’ after pandemic recovery money is spent in 2024
Caught between ‘Big Brother China and Big Data US’, Europe is out to define its own path on the technology, amid fears that regulation could kill the sector - or arrive too late to prevent harm
The €1B programme, launched in 2013, is in its last 3 years. After facing controversy for putting computer models before neuroscience, the project now aims to consolidate its legacy in a single, integrated, open science platform
The new committees are to scrutinise the EU’s big cancer push, the legislative path towards first AI law, and if misinformation on social media calls for stricter controls
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