The EU is not spending enough money on research for European innovation to make an impact on economic growth, the "lifetime achievement" winner at the European Inventor of the Year 2007 awards, Marc Feldmann, says.
"If we want Europe to become a technology-driven society… then really the investment in research is insufficient," the British medical scientist told EUobserver in an interview after the award gala dinner in Munich last week.
Mr Feldmann, who works for the Kennedy Ins...
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