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When the US Congress reconvenes next month, the Patent Reform Act of 2011 - the first major overhaul of the American patent system since 1952 - will be top of its agenda.

Global R&D investment by companies in Europe will grow by 5 per cent per year from 2011 to 2013, but most of this will be spent outside the EU

The UK government accepted all ten recommendations made in an independent review of IP published earlier this year, and said it will push hard on the single EU patent

It may be top of the pile, but Massachusetts is facing stiff competition from other US states eager to attract foreign partners to their biotech clusters. Now it is piecing together new deals with European partners in an effort to stay on top.

Grant holders can now get a further $50K over six months and help to push basic research to market

The first joint call in the EU’s flagship ageing research programme has been launched by nine national research agencies

Despite industry’s endless lip service to driving innovation for the benefit of patients, many diseases go untreated. Now, sick of being passive recipients, patients are taking control and shaping innovation to their real needs

University College London has set out a five year strategy to hone its commercial edge and become a global leader in enterprise and innovation

As the European Commission gears up to launch a public consultation, the further measures needed to create the proposed single market for knowledge are being debated this week