Months before Britons voted narrowly to leave the European Union (EU) in June 2016, then-U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron called a vote to withdraw from “the gamble of the century” and warned of dire political and economic repercussions. More than two-and-a-half years later, Cameron’s warning sounds more prescient than ever. Countless unanswered questions confront British...
If the United Kingdom’s plan to exit the European Union evokes thoughts of a perilous road of steep grades and switchbacks, you’re pretty well attuned to the politically and commercially fraught process known as Brexit. More than two years after British voters elected to split from the EU, it often seems more questions than answers...
Article 50 was triggered on March 29, 2017, and officially started the two-year negotiation period before the U.K. exits the European Union. The uncertainty of Brexit has left researchers and others in the clinical trials industry nervous about their future. Many of the largest changes for researchers in the U.K. depend on what happens during the next...
Britain’s plans to leave the European Union could profoundly affect clinical drug research in the U.K. The impact spans a broad range of unknowns, from where the London-based EMA will put down roots to Brexit’s influence on trial regulations, cost, funding, and recruiting of scientific talent. Our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Colin Hayward, addressed these...