Montecatini Edison S.p.A. (later Montedison)

1954-1975

10 files

Chain's contact with this company were mainly through Farmitalia (q.v.). In Spring 1972 he agreed to act as a consultant to Farmitalia and Carlo Erba, both members of the Montecatini Edison group and most of the following papers are related to this consultancy. They include reports and correspondence on the research activities of both companies culminating in a a 27 pp. memorandum written in November 1973 and describing the history of Chain's own contacts with the Italian pharmaceutical industry as well as detailed recommendations for action.

1974 correspondence includes several references to proposals for the creation of an independent European Research Institute for Physiological Biochemistry in Italy in which Chain hoped that Montedison would play a leading part. See also F.195, K.185