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If the European Union favours innovation, as it claims, can we have some action on advanced therapies to prove it, please?

It is time to drop euphemisms like DNA medicines and gene-based medicines. Gene therapy, says Nuala Moran, has made it through to the commercial mainstream.

Politicians are great gamblers – but the EC President is playing for high stakes by wagering all on the creation of a European Institute of Technology.

Microsoft’s Jean-Philippe Courtois thinks Europe is an innovative place. But, he says, there are some clear gaps.

It’s easy to produce papers and make recommendations, says former Finnish prime minister Esko Aho. Now we need practical results.

Innovation policy is hot in Brussels, says Science|Business editor Richard L. Hudson. Hot enough for so a confusing array of proposals, white papers, conferences and task forces.

This month the European Research Council is launched – and if it succeeds, it will usher in radical change in university research.

You would think that the launch of Framework 7 would be an opportunity to publicise the virtues of science. On the other hand, if you’re the UK government, maybe not.

Europe needs to knock down national boundaries, share technology and build a competitive defence industry, Commissioner Gunter Verheugen told the recent European Defence Agency conference in Brussels

Europe’s companies increasingly recognise that they need to switch from fierce protection to licensing widely to generate revenues.