Goodbye To All That: EMA Leaves London After 24 years

March 1 saw the official departure of the European Medicines Agency for Amsterdam. The move from London, which is a result of the UK's decision to leave the EU, has caused huge upheaval for the agency, which has been in the UK capital since it was created in 1995.

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The EMA is leaving London after 24 years

After 24 years in the Canary Wharf area of London, the European Medicines Agency officially moved to a new building in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam, on Friday March 1. The EMA, which was established in London as the European Medicines Evaluation Agency (EMEA) in 1995, is having to relocate because of the UK’s impending departure from the EU on March 29.

There had been some debate as to whether the EMA could legally have remained in the UK once it was...

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