Massive Reallocation of UK Rapporteurships Likely As EMA Plans For Future; UK’s Interim Role Uncertain
Executive Summary
If Brexit means the UK no longer plays a part in the EU drug regulatory system, responsibility for the ongoing oversight of almost one in four of all the human medicines that have ever been approved under the centralized procedure will have to be reassigned from the UK to other member states. What Brexit means for the UK’s role as a key player in the regulatory system in the meantime is the subject of speculation.
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