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An R&D conference highlights the mutual incomprehension dividing industry and academics in Europe – and some suggestions for bridging the gap.

Big changes are in store for one of Britain’s most prestigious universities if, as expected, University College London signs off on a modernising green paper from Provost Malcolm Grant.

How should the EU respond to the movement in innovation-based research to the East? The UK think tank Demos has some suggestions.

Novo Nordisk is doing its bit to reverse the Danish brain drain, offering a number of “return” fellowships to attract highly qualified expatriates back to Denmark.

The claim that over-patenting hinders the development of new treatments is not supported by the evidence, says the US Biotechnology Industry Organization.

European policymakers are largely to blame for the sorry state of innovation in Europe, according Microsoft’s chief research and strategy officer.

The technology funding gap has long been with us, but in drug discovery it has widened into a chasm.

UK scientists are claiming a significant advance in hydrogen storage that they say could remove a key barrier to using fuel cells in cars.