[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24332-24333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12011]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Spinal Implant Manufacturers Group ``SIMG''

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 26, 1996, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``The Act''), the Spinal Implant Manufacturers 
Group (``SIMG'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with 
the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
changes in its membership. The notifications were filed for the purpose 
of extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust 
plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. 
Specifically, the following nine members of the group have resigned: 
Ace Medical Company, Los Angeles, CA; Acufex Microsurgical, Inc., 
Mansfield, MA; Advanced Spine Fixation Systems, Inc., Cypress, CA; 
American Medical Electronics, Inc., Richardson, TX; Cross Medical 
Products, Inc., Columbus, OH; DePuy Motech, Warsaw, IN; Electro-
Biology, Inc., Parsippany, NJ; Osteotech, Inc., Shewsbury, NJ; and 
Stryker/Osteonics, Allendale, NJ.

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    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and SIMG intends to file additional 
written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On December 8, 1993, SIMG filed its original notification pursuant 
to Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice published a 
notice in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on 
January 14, 1994 (59 FR 2439).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on August 31, 
1994. A notice was published in the Federal Register on October 27, 
1994 (59 FR 54012).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-12011 Filed 5-13-96; 8:45 am]
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