Job revives ‘revolving door’ debate

Article reports that Guido Rasi, head of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), had accused Vincenzo Salvatore, a former senior legal adviser of a breach of trust in moving to a US law firm in the summer of 2012 without seeking full advance approval.

The news triggered a fresh debate over a 'revolving door' into the private sector used by former EU officials.

It came at a particularly sensitive time for the EMA which hadbeen criticised for similar failures to scrutinise the new private sector jobs of other officials including Thomas Lonngren Mr Rasi’s predecessor.

The European Medicines Agency is a decentralised agency of the European Union, located in London. The Agency is responsible for the scientific evaluation of medicines developed by pharmaceutical companies for use in the European Union.

ESO: Background information: EU agencies stained by 'conflicts of interest', wrongdoing http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-agencies-stained-by-conflicts-of-interest-wrongdoing/

Website: European Medicines Agency http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/

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