[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 8823]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3437]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 9, 2004, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), American Society of Health-
System Pharmacists (``ASHP'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal place of business of 
the standards development organization and (2) the nature and scope of 
its standards development activities. The notifications were filed for 
the purpose of invoking Act's provisions limiting the recovery of 
antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances.
    Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is: American 
Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Bethesda, MD. The nature and 
scope of ASHP's standards development activities are: The publication 
of guidance documents of varying scope that provide ongoing advice to 
pharmacy practitioners and health-systems to improve the medication use 
process, patient care and safety, and patient outcomes and quality of 
life.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 05-3437 Filed 2-22-05; 8:45 am]
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