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 60 STAT.] UNITED KINGDOM-PENICILLIN-JAN. 25, 1946 APPENDIX "A" Contract No. OEMcmr- Symbol No. MEMfORANDUMI OF AGREEMENT -made this day of 1943, effective as of the 15th day of December, 1943, between THn UIrrED STATES OF AMERICA (hereinafter called "the Government"), represented by the Director (hereinafter called "the Contracting Officer"), Office of Scientific Research and Development in the Office for Emergency Management, Executive Office of the President, and (hereinafter called "the Contractor"). WHEREAS, the adequate production of penicillin, a new drug derived from PenieitliumNotatum, is essential to the effective prosecution of the war and the protection of the public health and welfare; and WHEREAS, the present production of penicillin is limited because of the lack of adequate knowledge concerning (i) penicillin and (ii) the synthesis of penicillin or a therapeutic equivalent; and WHEREAS, in order to prosecute the war effectively and protect adequately the public health and welfare it is necessary to increase the supply of penicillin, and to do so it is necessary, in the opinion of the Government, for the Government to (i) be informed of all presently known information regarding the purification and chemical structure of penicillin and (ii) coordinate or sponsor all research activi- ties in the United States by public and private organizations looking toward the discovery of a method of synthesizing penicillin or a thera- peutic equivalent; and WHEREAS, the Contractor states that since it has been conducting studies and investigations concerning penicillin; and WHEREAS, the parties desire that the Contractor continue to conduct studies and investigations, using, if necessary, penicillin made avail- able under Government allocation orders, concerning the chemical structure of penicillin and the synthesis of penicillin or a therapeutic equivalent; and WHEREAs, the Government intends to enter into agreements con- taining provisions substantially similar to those herein with other organizations which will conduct similar studies and investigations; and WHEREAS, the Government desires to (i) make available to such organizations the information now possessed by the Contractor con- cerning the purification and chemical structure of penicillin, and (ii) provide for an interchange through the Government between the Con- tractor and such organizations of information hereafter discovered concerning purification and chemical structure of penicillin and the synthesis of penicillin or a therapeutic equivalent; 1491

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