The UK is scheduled to leave the European Union on 31 October 2019. However, there is great uncertainty and inconsistency of opinion as to whether the departure will be again postponed if an extension is granted, or the UK will be leaving the EU without a deal in place. To…
LRQA Notified Body Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) announced on June 13, 2019, that it will be withdrawing services relating to the Medical Devices Directive (93/42/EEC) (MDD) and the In-Vitro Diagnostic Devices Directive (98/79/EC) (IVDD) as well as its application to become a Netherlands-based EU Notified Body for the new…
The potential threat from a no-deal Brexit and the ongoing general Brexit chaos continues to have a negative impact upon the pharmaceutical industry. The UK was legally due to leave the EU on 12 April 2019 but of course the date for departure was delayed once again to 31 October…
Dutch relocation As previously reported here, at the end of March 2019, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) officially relocated from London to Amsterdam. EMA first moved to a temporary address at the Spark building in the north of Amsterdam while waiting for the completion of its purpose built new premises…