19 countries bid to host relocating EMA

The European Council announced today the 19 EU countries that have submitted bids to host the EMA. The plans to relocate the agency, currently housed in London with a staff of 890, follow the U.K.’s decision last year to withdraw from the EU.

Criteria for assessing the bids were released last month, and included accessibility and the availability of appropriate premises to house the agency upon relocation (see BioCentury Extra, June 20)...