[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: 05-3438]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--United States Adopted Names Council

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 17, 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''), United States Adopted Names 
Council (``USAN'') on behalf of itself and its sponsors 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 the 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: United States 
Adopted Names Council, Chicago, IL. The nature and scope of USAN's 
standards development activities are: The development of standards for 
simple and unique nonproprietary names for drugs by establishing 
logical nomenclature classifications based on pharmacological and/or 
chemical relationships. The USAN is sponsored by the American Medical 
Association, the American Pharmacists Association, and United States 
Pharmacopeia. USAN works closely with the World Health Organization 
International Nonproprietary Name Committee (INN) and various national 
nomenclature groups to develop global standardization and unification 
of drug nomenclature and related rules to ensure that drug information 
is communicated accurately and unambiguously.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 05-3438 Filed 2-22-05; 8:45 am]
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