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THE SCIENCE|BUSINESS POLICY BRIDGE
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Telemedicine

Ministers sign ehealth declaration

European Union Health Ministers have signed up to promote the free movement of electronic patient records across Europe.

strategy board

Scoreboard: More innovation needed in Europe

Gains in innovation may have been buried by the economic crisis according to the 2009 Innovation Scoreboard.

a genetic fingerprint

Investors search for returns in Personalised Medicine

The investment remains the same but the market is smaller. So how is Personalised Medicine to be financed?

ParisTech President Cyrille van Effenterre (right) presents the 2009 ACES Fast Start Award to Nigel Brown, co-founder of Arvia Technology Ltd.

ACES: Water treatment made easy

With 20 years of experience behind him, ACES winner Nigel Brown believes companies today spend too much money - and energy - on water purification.

Karl Tryggvason

Former dean: ‘mistake’ was made, but dismissal ‘out of proportion’

Karl Tryggvason admits a ‘mistake’ but tells Science|Business it wasn’t a sacking offence.

Martin Schuurmans

EIT money starts to flow

The first €1M grants from the EIT will be signed next week. Now the real work begins, chairman Martin Schuurmans tells Science|Business.

OPINIONS
MEP Antonio Fernando Correia de Campos
Pay more attention to Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases are Europe’s latest big health issue, new MEP Antonio Fernando Correia de Campos tells Science|Business.
Richard L. Hudson, Editor
Europe 2020: Let them eat words
A new ‘vision’ from Brussels offers something for everyone - including research and innovation. But in the end, it comes off as empty rhetoric, writes Richard L. Hudson.
Alison Brimelow, EPO President
Patent problems
R&D is changing, the function of intellectual property is changing. But patent systems are failing to respond, says EPO President Alison Brimelow.
Nuala Moran, Senior Editor, Science|Business
Green IT could be a model for us all
The world’s computers may be throwing out heat when active, consuming electricity on stand-by, and polluting the environment when dumped, but now the industry is on a mission.
Diogo Vasconcelos, Cisco Systems (London) and the Business Panel on Future EU Innovation Policy
Innovation in the EU: a new guiding star is needed
It’s time for innovation to break free of the confines of the laboratory, says Diogo Vasconcelos of the Business Panel on Future EU Innovation Policy.

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Research and innovation: what's next in Brussels? A high-level policy debate Date: 6 November 2009 Location: Brussels Details: Limited number of tickets available
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European Institute of Innovation and Technology - Going live Open debate on what is next for EIT, and for industry-academic collaboration generally in Europe Date: 26 May, 2010 Location: Brussels Details: Featuring Martin Schuurmans, Chair, EIT Governing Board
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POLICY NEWS & VIEWS
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22 JulyIMI stakeholders ask for urgent revision of IP policy and funding model S
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21 JulyEBAN: response to European Commission’s 2020 strategy S
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