EMA To Re-Prioritize Tasks To Cope With ‘Higher Than Expected’ Staff Losses

The EMA is to further refocus on its core activities to help it deal with “higher than expected” staff losses due to its relocation to Amsterdam.

Puzzle — The EMA is having to juggle tasks to cope with relocation-related staff losses

With staff losses resulting from the European Medicines Agency's relocation to the Netherlands likely to be higher than expected, the EMA says it plans to further re-prioritize its activities this year and next in order to maintain its core regulatory functions “as far as possible.”

An internal survey carried out by the agency in 2017 showed that 81% of staff would be willing to move...