§ 7. Dr. Strossasked the Minister of Health, as representing the Lord President of the Council, whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that many strains of staphylococcal germs are resistant to penicillin but not to the antibiotic albomycin, discovered and developed in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; and whether he will approach the Ministry of Health in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for supplies of this antibiotic for clinical trial in British hospitals.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodMembers of the staff of the Medical Research Council discussed the properties of albomycin with the doctors who recently visited this country from the Soviet Union. The Council is endeavouring to obtain a supply of this antibiotic from the Soviet Union so that its properties can be investigated.
§ Dr. StrossI am obliged to the right hon. Gentleman.