| Belgian Presidency pledges to press ahead on patents 2 September 2010 Policy | Intellectual property | Patents | European Union
Delivering the EU patent just got harder. But the Belgian presidency says it...
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| The Business of Innovation 2 September 2010 Higher education | ESADE | EIT | European Union | Spain
ESADE is the only business school to be a named partner in an EIT project. It...
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| TPP lands first drug development deal with Edinburgh University 2 September 2010 Technology transfer | Life sciences | Drug development | Edinburgh University | TPP Global Development | United Kingdom
The drug development start-up TPP Global Development has agreed its first deal,...
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| Aberdeen University launches new centre to speed drug development 2 September 2010 Life sciences | Drug development | Aberdeen University | United Kingdom
This month sees the opening of the new Kosterlitz Centre for Therapeutics at...
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| UK IP Office unveils new research programme 2 September 2010 Intellectual property | United Kingdom
The UK Intellectual Property Office has kicked off a year long research...
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| UK government sets out plans for licensing CO2 storage under the North Sea 2 September 2010 Energy | Cleantech | Policy | CO2 storage | United Kingdom
The UK government has set out how it will license the storage of carbon dioxide...
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| US continues to dominate Shanghai university rankings 26 August 2010 Higher Education | Shanghai Index
US universities maintain their grip on the top rankings in the 2010 edition of...
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| New model for corporate venture investments 26 August 2010 Investment | Life sciences | Glide | Phillips | The Netherlands
Philips has invested in Dutch VC Gilde’s new healthcare fund, in what the...
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| Frank Gannon to quit Science Foundation Ireland for Australia 26 August 2010 Policy | Science Foundation Ireland | Ireland
Frank Gannon, Director General of Science Foundation Ireland, is to leave his...
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| Edinburgh University claims record for company formation 26 August 2010 Technology transfer | Edinburgh University | Edinburgh Research and Innovation | United Kingdom
Edinburgh University has announced that it spun out 40 new firms last year, the...
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| Guidelines to regulate consumer gene tests internationally drawn up by UK body 26 August 2010 Policy | Life sciences | Personalised medicine | Human Genetic Commission | United Kingdom
The UK’s Human Genetic Commission has drawn up a set of principles for consumer...
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| Legal opinion delivers blow to plans for single patent 25 August 2010 Policy | Intellectual property | Patents | European Union
The proposal for a unified patent court is incompatible with EU Treaties, says...
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| UK to set up new clinical trials agency 5 August 2010 Policy | Life sciences | Clinical trials | United Kingdom
As it takes an axe to quangos from education to health, the UK government is...
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| Turning Grand Challenges into big markets 5 August 2010 Policy | Dow Corning | European Union
Can it make commercial sense for companies to charge head-on into large-scale...
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| EIB to provide John Deere with €220M R&D loan 5 August 2010 Policy | Investment | Cleantech | EIB | John Deere | United States | European Union
The European Investment Bank has agreed a €220 million loan to support research...
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| UK claims it has the formula for breeding biotech entrepreneurs 5 August 2010 Policy | Technology transfer | Life sciences | BBSRC | United Kingdom
A scheme run for the past 15 years to give life science PhD students more...
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| Wellcome Trust sets up £45M scheme with India’s Department of Biotechnology 5 August 2010 Policy | Life sciences | Wellcome Trust | India | United Kingdom
A partnership has been forged between the Wellcome Trust and the Department of...
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| Cancer Research UK sets up its own manufacturing unit 5 August 2010 Life sciences | Drug development | Cancer Research UK | United Kingdom
The research charity Cancer Research UK has set up its own £18 million...
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| Recession is a time for innovation 22 July 2010 Cristina Jiménez
Times may be hard, but it remains possible to be innovative, Henry Chesbrough,...
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| Second generation biofuels 22 July 2010 Cleantech | Energy | Biofuels | European Union
Europe’s chemical companies are pioneering enzymes to turn plant waste into...
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