Court's Rasi ruling ends six-year saga

4 October 2017

It has not been an uneventful reign for Guido Rasi as executive director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) since he took over in November 2011, with first his appointment called into question in a saga that saw him stripped of the role and then reinstated, and now the agency facing a disruptive move from its London home due to Brexit.

At least the Italian no longer need concern himself with the first of those worries, with a ruling by the General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union finally putting the matter to bed.

The General Court found that there was no irregularity with the recruitment procedure and subsequent appointment of Professor Rasi to the agency’s top job.

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