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Consumer products giant Procter and Gamble is applying its knowledge of consumers to the development of new medicines – and wants to share its insights with biotech companies.

Imperial Innovations Group is stepping up the pace of its technology commercialisation drive with a £30 million placing with existing investors.

Researchers using the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, and working with scientists, have become the first to elucidate the structure of a membrane protein, an important advance for drug discovery.

The European Consortium of Innovative Universities this week celebrates its tenth birthday with a conference at the University of Twente.

Tax breaks are becoming an increasing popular way for governments to encourage innovation, as direct public spending on corporate R&D declines, according to a new report by the OECD.

It's been tough to actually put a price on patents. Will reform of the US patent rules make it easier to capitalise on intellectual property?

A call for new ideas to shake up the Brussels policy world.

After a competition dispute that dragged on for nine years, Microsoft has agreed to allow access to its technology.

The European Policy Centre, a Brussels policy think-tank, has called on the European Union to adopt a more market-oriented approach to innovation policy.

Microsoft has agreed to allow access to its technology following the court ruling last month, a move the European Commission says will lead to more innovation in the software market.

On its second anniversary, the Science|Business news network is launching the Policy Bridge, an independent channel for news and events dedicated to EU innovation and R&D policy.

Mark Keane has been appointed Vice President for Innovation at University College Dublin, with a brief to be the focal point for knowledge transfer, entrepreneurship and external partnerships.

The European Commission has authorised €31 million aid from the French Industrial Innovation Agency for OSIRIS, an agricultural biotechnology research programme.