Once upon a time a story for SMEsThis summer saw the first deadline for the new SME Instrument, and the evaluation feedback from the European Commission could be a wake-up call for small companies across Europe. more ➔
Licensing a matter of external innovation...External innovation is one of the pharmaceutical industry’s solutions for overcoming patent cliffs and gaps in innovation. It’s based on the insight that the majority of innovations in this sector do … more ➔
Europe’s hungry biotech sectorThe launch of Horizon2020 and close of the first deadlines in February has shown the appetite of Europe’s researchers from industry and academia for funding. more ➔
Efficient R&D networks based on innov...Research and innovation models are changing dramatically. The emergence of platforms such as advanced therapeutics is accelerating a change from innovation within big centres and universities to smaller, … more ➔
Your data protection mission should you c...There are sinister moves in the world of data protection, and I need to mobilise you my crack squad of guerrilla scientists. The EC is showing its ugly face, and it’s going to impact you. more ➔
Throwing out the baby with the bathwaterAs we all know, the European Commission is under intense pressure to reduce costs and shed the image of being a gravy train. This is a favourite topic at the national level in the ongoing fight against … more ➔
Tech-transfer: time to send a wake-up callThere’s no question that Europe’s biotech sector produces high-quality science. We have world-class research organisations and start-ups, as witnessed by the number of alliances with Big Pharma and the … more ➔
Careful what you do or don’t vote...Shhhhh, is that the sound of a chicken coming home to roost in Switzerland? Worried? If you are a scientist working internationally, you should be and not just because you want a job in Switzerland. more ➔
How agri-biotech contributes to the EU bio...In October 2012, the European Commission issued a communication on its new Industrial policy identifying biotechnology as one of six Key Enabling Technologies. Biotech will be an important tool in helping … more ➔
Resistance spurs revival of antibiotics in...When penicillin was discovered by Dr. Alexander Fleming in 1928, people around the world believed it was one of the greatest medical and scientific advances in the history of mankind and they were right. … more ➔
