Limiting the number of languages used by a unified patent court is not an affront to Europe’s cultural diversity, but a pragmatic move to increase its competitiveness.
The European Investment Bank has agreed a €220 million loan to support research and development projects at the US agricultural equipment giant, John Deere.
A partnership has been forged between the Wellcome Trust and the Department of Biotechnology in India to support the development of new healthcare products in India.
Commissioner Maire Geoghegan-Quinn has announced the EU’s biggest annual research budget ever for 2011 - at €6.4 billion - with a pledge to make the money easier to access.
A row has broken out over intellectual property rights and the funding model of Europe’s €2B flagship research programme, the Innovative Medicines Joint Technology Initiative.
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