asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the president of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland has recommended the establishment of a pharmaceutical control laboratory; and if it is his intention to establish such a laboratory.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Pharmaceutical Control Laboratory.
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I am not aware that the president of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland recommended the establishment of a pharmaceutical control laboratory, although I have seen a Press report of a statement attributed to him in October last, when a customs duty was imposed on certain imported medical preparations, which mentioned that we have no Bureau of Standards for drugs here.
I am at present giving urgent consideration to the question of the provision of a service of the type which a pharmaceutical control laboratory could provide.