Politics Could Get In Way Of Quick Decision On New EMA Home

An early decision on the new home for the European Medicines Agency would help to minimize the level of disruption that will be involved in moving the agency from London to somewhere else in Europe when the UK leaves the EU. The EMA and the European Parliament have both called for quick resolution on this, but what you want is not always what you get.

SC1606_PencilErasingEU — Finding a new home for the EMA post-Brexit will be politically tricky

The European Medicines Agency and the European Parliament have both called for an early decision on the new location of the EMA as the agency prepares for the upheaval that will be caused by the UK’s decision to leave the EU.

A quick decision on the agency’s future location would “help us to transition and to recruit new staff to be...