Press Cuttings, 1982-1983

Cuttings from pharmaceutical journals and local and national press re award to Dr John Vane (Research & Development Director of the Wellcome Foundation Ltd) of the Nobel prize in 1983 for his discovery of prostacyclin and his discovery that anti-inflammatory compounds, such as aspirin, can reduce the risk of formation of blood clots that can cause heart attacks and strokes: 'When R and D equals…Nobel Prize'. (Also includes 'Tomorrow's World' report on further research by Vane into a drug that could be of benefit in the treatment of arthritis). Also includes articles on sales and profits of the Wellcome Foundation, launch of Wellcome's new neuromuscular relaxant - Tracrium (Atracurium Besylate), transcription of Channel 4 News item on the 'Herpes Epidemic', two local press reports of a planned demonstration by animal rights groups against Wellcome Research in Beckenham, news of community and social events in areas near Wellcome Foundation branches such as Aldershot and Beckenham, and an article on the prescribing of Dipipanone to drug addicts.

1982-1983

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