Imperial College London spin-out Acrobot, a medical devices company specialising in computer-assisted orthopaedic surgery, has been acquired by Stanmore Implants Worldwide.
Members of the European Parliament have expressed concern about the impact that result-based research funding could have on the quality and nature of research.
The UK Technology Strategy Board has set up the Stratified Medicines Innovation Platform to oversee an investment of over £50 million in personalised medicine.
Norway’s Research Council is celebrating a boost for basic research after years of little or no growth, with a proposed increase of NOK60 million (€7.42 million).
DFG, The German Federal Ministry of Research and Education, and the Japan Science and Technology Agency have agreed to collaborate on computational neuroscience.
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