EMA Post-Brexit: 'It Can’t Stay In The UK' … Or Can It?

The assumption to date has been that the European Medicines Agency will have to move from its London base when the UK leaves the EU. But things may not be quite that simple.

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UK prime minister Theresa May has said that the formal negotiation process that will lead to the UK leaving the EU will begin by the end of March 2017, meaning the country could be out of the trading bloc by April 2019. One of the many unknowns with regard to Brexit is just how the European Medicine Agency’s new home will be chosen – if indeed the agency has to move from London.

The EU treaties do not formally state that EU agencies must be located in an EU member state, but the...

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