Guido Rasi - The Face Of The EMA For A Decade

Executive Director To Leave Agency Later This Year

28 Jan 2020

• By Ian Schofield and Maureen Kenny

The head of the European Medicines Agency is nearing the end of his tenure. We consider Guido Rasi’s achievements over the past 10 years as well as the controversies that have arisen under his leadership – and report that sailing is likely to figure in his plans for life after the agency.

Holders of the top job at the European Medicines Agency tend to stay in the post for a long time. Guido Rasi, the current executive director and only the third in the 25-year history of the EMA, is no exception. When he steps down towards the end of this year, he will have been in the top job for most of the past decade.

Rasi, a university professor and former head of the Italian medicines regulator, AIFA, first took up the reins in November...