InnovatìonQTechnology Transit 5/99 European Healthcare Research Doctor Ordered? 38? Plus £^^ÊT&t>JiR UM* ( ^i^ce'recognition technology tor,, improved/access control , ¿I'/ftr \f :High-speea\ high^resoM^n eo for industrial researcti m ti sS&HB35Sf&ï*ï.> :. ¿Ζ η PUBLISHED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION ΙΝ NOVATION/SM Es PROGRAMME · SEPTEMBER 1999 Medical and Health Research All four thematic programmes of the Fifth Research Î?BS W- Framework Programme (FP5) address topics relevant to medicine and health, while the European Commission's Innovation/SMEs programme 3-12 Joint Research Centre also contributes to medical knowl•Tools and strategies for tackling generic, non-technical edge and health promotion both through its institutional barriers to innovation • Preliminary results of the first call for Innovation projects activities - including those of the new Institute for Health • Results of the first evaluation of Exploratory Award proposals and Consumer Protection - and through participation in • CRAFT-lnnovation project - turning straw into a valuable building material framework programme projects.