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US patent office offers patent examination at breakneck speed for a price

Alan Leshner, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, caused a stir at February’s EU ministerial conference in Copenhagen, with a hard-hitting speech on the state of US science. America's scientific eminence, 'is at risk' he said.

A private equity firm is to raise the largest specialist fund in the world dedicated to commercialising university R&D. The money will be invested in partnership with three of the UK’s leading research universities

The US patent office has released studies on international patenting and prior user defence, with other reports looking at the US patents scene to follow

Hard-pressed healthcare systems can no longer pay premium prices for new drugs. The consequence will be less innovation in Europe says Andrew Witty, CEO of GlaxoSmithKline.

In total, 8,900 small companies have won grants worth €2.4B

25 countries have agreed to back a single European research plan in neurodegenerative diseases. This is a defining moment for coordinated research says the Commissioner

The European Commission proposes to unite national funding agencies in ‘pacts’ to complete the European Research Area (ERA) by 2014 deadline - without further legislation