[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 59017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25304]


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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 August 18, 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''), Biology 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, BASF Corporation, 
Triangle Park, NC, owned by BASF AG, Limburgerhof, Germany has been 
added as a party to this venture. Also, American Home Products 
Corporation, Parsippany, NJ has been dropped as a party 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 BRDC intends to file additional 
written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On April 13, 1988, 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 February 11, 
2000. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on August 9, 2000 (65 FR 48735).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-25304 Filed 10-2-00; 8:45 am]
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