Brexit: UK Gov’t Says Retaining The EMA Cannot Be A “Line In The Sand” Matter

The European Medicines Agency is important to the UK but the government cannot say it will be a non-negotiable point in future talks regarding the country’s departure from the EU.

“For me to say it is an absolute line in the sand that the EMA must stay in the UK would be a nonsense.” Those were the words of a junior health minister speaking during a debate by UK members of parliament on the future of the currently London-based European Medicines Agency after the UK leaves the EU.

Issues such as the location of the EMA “and all that goes with it” will, of course, be part of...

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