biotechnology

Manufacturing

Shot in the arm

France is banking on the future of medicine. All it needs is a healthy dose of investment.

Entrepreneurialism

Silicon Alps

Switzerland had a reputation for dreaming up ingenious tech ideas but being terrible at exploiting them. Now a clever network is selling Swiss breakthroughs to investors.

Business

Business

Making malls in Brazil, keeping faith with coal in Australia and how Japan has its finger on the pulse of the latest biometric technology.

Business

Hard cell

While the West debates the ethics of stem cell research, Chinese companies are powering ahead to find new treatments. But are loosely regulated firms such as Beike to be trusted with our health?