Beckenham Press Cuttings, 1971

Articles covering newly discovered reagents, a French television crew who visited Wellcome Laboratories, a Wellcome symposium on Rubella held in Dublin and the demand for flu vaccine. A collection of articles dated July 1971 cover Burroughs Wellcome Nigeria winning the Queens award to Industry in recognition of the development of trimethoprim, an essential component of Septrin. The presentation ceremony with Mrs Irene Batty, an immunology specialist receiving the award is pictured with coverage from Portugal, Ghana, Pakistan, China, Malaysia and New Zealand. Later articles discuss Batty's success as a female scientist with regards to woman's liberalism - headlines state "woman can get to the top without bra burning" and "women sit ins not necessary".

Other articles detail a Wellcome made Rubella vaccine - Almevax, which was prepared using human diploid cells (January 1971) and a resultant Rubella vaccination programme for young girls (November 1971), French coverage of the Wellcome reagent trimethoprim, improved quality control of this reagent, publicity of two publications entitled Wellcotest Sensitivity Test Agar and Wellcome Phytohaemagglutinin, the use of comics in mass health education, improved pregnancy testing kits, a Wellcome cell cultures course and the use of snails in tropical disease research.

1971

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