LILLE, France - European Union countries are still spending too little on research, investing no more than 1.9 percent of GNP compared to 2.7 percent in the United States, the European Union's commissioner for research, Philippe Busquin, told the European Biotechnology Crossroads Conference in Lille Tuesday. (BioWorld International)

LILLE, France - European Union countries are still spending too little on research, investing no more than 1.9 percent of GNP compared to 2.7 percent in the United States, the European Union's commissioner for research, Philippe Busquin, told the European Biotechnology Crossroads Conference in Lille Tuesday. (BioWorld International)