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Is pharma R&D earning its investment?

They are some of the largest spenders on research. But now, as pharmaceutical companies look to external collaboration and in-licensed products to fuel innovation, the internal R&D operation is having to justify the return on investment for the first time

China’s seismic shift in IP

As China becomes a major generator of intellectual property, so it is becoming more committed to protecting IP and enforcing the law

Cut agriculture for the sake of science

The UK may have used its veto on treaty change, but it will support increased spending on R&D from 2014 – 2020, as proposed in Horizon 2020. Cutting agriculture subsidies could pay for this, Business Minister Vince Cable tells Science|Business