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As the European Commission gears up to launch a public consultation, the further measures needed to create the proposed single market for knowledge are being debated this week

The quality of the research it backs is not in doubt, but now the European Research Council must transform itself from “amateurish” to a polished and professional operation

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Mega-funding package puts a stronger focus on innovation and SMEs, and on tackling big problems like climate change, and energy and food security

The Innovative Medicines Initiative has set out guidelines on how collaborative partners should approach the thorny issue of IP rights, in time for its fourth call

A public consultation on access to online scientific information, and its preservation has been launched by the European Commission

EU-funded scientists have developed risk assessment criteria for engineered nanomaterials that will help support experts in making innovation and policy decisions

The European Council’s approval in June of new legislative proposals has opened the way for the single European patent to be in place in 1 - 2 years. But developing an accompanying patent court will take longer

A new transatlantic alliance showcased its ambition to develop diagnostics for 8,000 rare diseases and double the number of registered Orphan drugs for rare conditions by 2020, at the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) meeting in Washington

As it prepares to launch €418 million of new calls, the Commission says the bureaucracy-lite public-private projects set up in the economic emergency will be a model for research funding in the future