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Director Leon Sandler talks about how MIT’s Deshpande Center is attracting a combination of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and managers to jump start new ideas in science and technology.

The WHO is looking to patent pools to prevent blocking IP and give earlier access to generics manufacturers as part of a plan to improve healthcare in developing countries.

France Angels, the country’s business angels’ network, has agreed to provide seed funding for the Microsoft start-up programme Idées.

What is the best way for the EU to spend its R&D money? An unusual debate at the European Commission provides insights.

The UK has strengthened its scientific ties with China with the official opening of the Research Councils UK office in Beijing, the first of its type outside Europe.

Iain Gray, former managing director of Airbus UK, has taken up his post as the first Chief Executive of the government-funded body set up to promote and invest in R&D for technology and innovation.

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.