Pharmaceutical The application procedure to host the two UK-based European Union agencies, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the European Banking Authority (EBA), came to a close at midnight on July 31, 2017, the European Commission announced yesterday, thus firing the starting gun for bids from various European cities to become the location for these important regulatory agencies. Some 19 cities have posted formal bids to host the EMA post Brexit. 2 August 2017