[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48735-48736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20153]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Biotechnology Research and Development 
Corporation (``BRDC'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 11, 2000, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Biotechnology Research and 
Development Corporation (``BRDC'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing changes in its membership status. 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, Monsanto Company, 
St. Louis, MO; and PIC International Group plc, San Francisco, CA have 
been added as parties to this venture. Also, Dalgety plc, Franklin, KY; 
and McDonald's Corporation, Oakbrook, IL have been dropped as parties 
to this venture.
    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 Biotechnology Research and 
Development Corporation (``BRDC'') intends to file additional written 
notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On April 13, 1988, Biotechnology Research and Development 
Corporation (``BRDC'') 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 May 12, 
1988 (53 FR 16919).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on August 2, 
1999. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the

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Act on December 14, 1999 (64 FR 69798).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
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