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The American Food and Drug Administration is following the
European Medicines Agency and moving from London to Amsterdam, the FDA said on
its website.
The FDA is an American government agency which controls the safety
of food and medicines. It currently has two offices in Europe – one in Brussels
and one in London.
The EMA will move to the Dutch capital next year, once
Britain starts the withdrawal process from the European Union.
The FDA is not
the first company to follow EMA to Amsterdam. Pharmaceuticals firm Novartis
said earlier this year it is moving its Dutch offices from Arnhem to Amsterdam
in 2019.
Lobby
Amsterdam is actively lobbying to attract British companies
post-Brexit. The Dutch central bank told the Parool that dozens of financial
institutions, including insurance companies, banks and investment funds, have
had talks about setting up a Dutch entity.
In August, British online sports
channel DAZN said it is creating 300 jobs in Amsterdam as it looks to protect
its European business from the impact of Britain’s withdrawal from the EU.
Japanese electronics company Panasonic is moving its headquarters from London
to Amsterdam and big Japanese bank Mitsubishi UFG has also decided to make
Amsterdam its new European base for investment banking.
DutchNews.nl has
contacted the FDA to find out how many jobs will move to the Netherlands.
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