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One game-changer can deliver the promise of personalised healthcare. It is information technology, says Alan Davies of GE Healthcare.

Supporters of R&D funding in Parliament are pushing to defend the EU’s flagship Framework Programme 7 from possible budget cuts, according to a leading MEP.

A new US study has traced the origins of 100 companies to cutting-edge university research sponsored by government agencies.

The UK Innovation Forum (UKIF) has been set up to foster relations between academics and businesses and promote the commercialisation of university research.

An appreciation of Andrew Dearing, Secretary General of the European Industrial Research Management Association for 10 years.

In a bid to reduce bureaucracy, the Commission is to make an exception on how research funding is audited, putting in place a “tolerable risk of error” measure.

The euphoria of winning the bid has worn off. Now the hard work begins for three pioneering consortia chosen by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology.

The OECD has set out its new Innovation Strategy, providing a policy tool it says will help countries to build a “sustainable and job-rich recovery”.

The Irish government has revealed plans for an overhaul of its intellectual property laws following the recommendations of a recent report on innovation strategy.

The science of the very small needs big, expensive instruments. More coordination is needed in Europe to translate basic research through to commercialisation.

Thoughts have turned to shaping Framework Programme 8. Here, Stijn Delauré and Laura Keustermans of the League of European Research Universities make their recommendations.

Innovation may rest on R&D, but it takes place in a far bigger and more diverse context, says the UK’s new science minister, David Willetts.

A new method is needed for linking research inputs to innovation outputs, says Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn.