Key EU medicines regulator closes London office with loss of 900 jobs

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European Medicines Agency heads for Amsterdam 63 days before Brexit

The European Medicines Agency, one of the biggest EU regulators and one of the first casualties of Brexit, has closed its doors in the UK for the last time with the loss of 900 jobs.

Staff lowered and folded up the 28 national flags that adorned the lobby in London’s Canary Wharf headquarters on Friday night and bid farewell before moving to their new offices in Amsterdam.

The EMA evaluates medicines throughout the EU but was forced to relocate to the Dutch capital because pharmaceuticals regulation should be done in a member state. Amsterdam won the bid to host the agency in 2017.

Its departure from London was widely lamented as it marks not just the loss of highly skilled jobs but the UK’s central place in pharmaceutical evaluation and monitoring.

Key EU medicines regulator closes London office with loss of 900 jobs | Politics | The Guardian

Now watch big pharma move too.

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European Medicines Agency heads for Amsterdam 63 days before Brexit

The European Medicines Agency, one of the biggest EU regulators and one of the first casualties of Brexit, has closed its doors in the UK for the last time with the loss of 900 jobs.

Staff lowered and folded up the 28 national flags that adorned the lobby in London’s Canary Wharf headquarters on Friday night and bid farewell before moving to their new offices in Amsterdam.

The EMA evaluates medicines throughout the EU but was forced to relocate to the Dutch capital because pharmaceuticals regulation should be done in a member state. Amsterdam won the bid to host the agency in 2017.

Its departure from London was widely lamented as it marks not just the loss of highly skilled jobs but the UK’s central place in pharmaceutical evaluation and monitoring.

Key EU medicines regulator closes London office with loss of 900 jobs | Politics | The Guardian

Now watch big pharma move too.