[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 37492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17881]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--International Pharmaceutical Aerosol Consortium 
for Toxicology Testing of HFA-227 (IPACT-II)

    The notice on behalf of International Pharmaceutical Aerosol 
Consortium for Toxicology Testing of HFA-227 (``IPACT-II'') published 
in the Federal Register on Thursday, August 17, 2000 (65 FR 50218) is 
retracted and replaced by the following:
    Notice is hereby given that, on July 6, 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''), The International Pharmaceutical 
Aerosol Consortium for Toxicology Testing of HFA-227 (``IPACT-II'') 
filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General 
and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing a change in name of some of 
its members.
    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, Astra AB is now 
known as AstraZeneca AB, Sodertalje, Sweden; Rhone-Poulenc Rorer 
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is now known as Aventis Pharmaceuticals 
Products, Inc., Collegeville, PA; and Fisons plc, is now known as 
Fisons Ltd., Holmes Chapel, England, United Kingdom.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of IPACT-II. Membership in this joint research project remains 
open, and IPACT-II intends to file additional written notification 
disclosing all changes in membership.
    On February 21, 1991, IPACT-II 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 April 2, 1991 (56 FR 13489).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on March 6, 
1997. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on April 3, 1997 (62 FR 15939).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 01-17881 Filed 7-17-01; 8:45 am]
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