It cited a survey of its around 900 staff, but declined to name the 19 candidate cities. The European edition of Politico, however, said the survey had shown that Amsterdam was the top choice of EMA staff and the agency had told the Commission it would likely lose the least number of staff if it relocated to the Dutch city. Politico said Barcelona and Vienna were runners-up in terms of projected staff retention. For the five locations most popular with EMA's staff, retention rates would be 65-81 percent, allowing for approval of new drugs and safety monitoring to largely continue, the regulator said. Milan, Copenhagen, Athens and Dublin are also among the aspiring host cities, with Milan previously seen as a possible frontrunner.

Source: bd News24 September 27, 2017 09:45 UTC