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The reshuffling of EU portfolios brings ‘innovation’ to the policy fore – but we are waiting for details (if they exist) of how it will all work, write Richard L. Hudson and Nuala Moran.

For the first time, innovation and entrepreneurship feature in job titles as the European Commission is remodelled.

There are signs the financing drought brought on by the credit crunch may be over for European biotechs as investors loosen the purse strings.

As the Spanish government prepares to take on the EU Presidency, proposed cuts to its national R&D budget could undermine the EU’s innovation rhetoric.

Two thirds of private sector productivity growth in the UK between 2000 and 2007 was driven by innovation, according to a new Innovation Index.

Despite some progress, women are still under-represented in science, according to the latest survey on Gender Equality in Science.

Leading names in science and ethics are calling for a rethink in attitudes to the commercialisation of scientific knowledge.

The Commission has closed its antitrust proceedings against the US chipset manufacturer after failing to reach a conclusion.

Merck Serono is to establish a global R&D centre in Beijing, investing more than €150 million over the next four years.