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The spin-out tag makes university start-ups look weak and vulnerable, says Philip Sharpe from QinetiQ, one of Europe’s largest technology commercialisation companies.

Science|Business launches a series of news and events to prompt debate on a vital policy question: How do you encourage enterprise in science?

Want to improve R&D policy? The European Commission is creating a new advisory panel. Send in your nominations.

What is the best way for the EU to spend its R&D money? An unusual debate at the European Commission provides insights.

The continuing argument over first-generation GMcrops has created a huge roadblock to more refined agbiotech developments, says Nuala Moran

A call for new ideas to shake up the Brussels policy world.

Despite the Nobel-induced champagne now flowing in Berlin, Jülich, Paris and Cardiff, the fact remains that Europe has a fundamental problem in the quality of its science.

Economic impact must be embedded into research policy, says Philip Esler, Chief Executive of the UK’s Arts and Humanities and Research Council.

PepsiCo’s $5.2 million donation to look at lifestyle and chronic disease looks like an act of the archest cynicism. But someone needs to do something, says Nuala Moran.

An international agency should be set up to coordinate moves to combat global warming, says John Browne, former chief executive of oil giant BP.