Rasi resumes leadership at EMA

On Monday, Guido Rasi began a five-year term as EMA executive director, a year after his prior appointment to the position was annulled due to a procedural error.

Last November, the European Union Civil Service Tribunal annulled Rasi's 2011 appointment as executive director due to a conflict of interest among members of the European Commission panel in charge of short-listing candidates for the post. EMA's management board nominated and re-appointed Rasi as executive director last month (see BioCentury Extra, Oct. 1). ...