§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many patents were taken out, and how many new drugs were launched by Swiss, West German, American and British firms, respectively, in 1978.
§ Sir George YoungThe information is not available in the form requested. However, in 1978 16 medicinal products containing new drug substances were marketed in the United Kingdom, all by registered British companies, four of which were wholly British owned. Nine were subsidiaries of United States parent 501W companies, one of a French parent company, and one of a partly Swiss-owned parent company.