EMA launch­es op­er­a­tions in Am­s­ter­dam

The Eu­ro­pean Med­i­cines Agency (EMA) on Mon­day kicked off op­er­a­tions at its tem­po­rary premis­es at the Spark build­ing in Am­s­ter­dam Slo­ter­dijk af­ter mov­ing out of its Ca­nary Wharf of­fice in Lon­don on 1 March.

EMA says it is al­so work­ing with Dutch au­thor­i­ties to fin­ish ready­ing its tem­po­rary premis­es ahead of 30 March, when the agency’s seat of­fi­cial­ly switch­es from Lon­don to Am­s­ter­dam.

“By Mon­day 18 March, when EMA will be set­tled in the Spark build­ing, close to 350 staff mem­bers will have al­ready re­lo­cat­ed to the Nether­lands,” EMA says. How­ev­er, to ac­com­mo­date staff mem­bers’ in­ter­na­tion­al move, the agency is al­low­ing some staff to tele­work from Lon­don un­til the sec­ond half of 2019.

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