[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 241 (Thursday, December 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 78043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32108]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Pistoia Alliance, Inc

    Notice is hereby given that, on November 3, 2011, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Pistoia Alliance, Inc. has 
filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General 
and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership. 
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, PerkinElmer, Inc., 
Waltham, MA; Connected Discovery, London, UNITED KINGDOM; Fulcrum 
Direct Limited, CBTC, Cardiff, UNITED KINGDOM; The Hyve, Utrecht, THE 
NETHERLANDS; and Peter Boogaard (Individual), Moordrecht, THE 
NETHERLANDS, have been added as parties to this venture. Also, Allergan 
Sales LLC, Irvine, CA; and Cambridgesoft, Waltham, MA, have withdrawn 
as parties to this venture. In addition, Atlas Platform Corp. has 
changed its name to GeneStack Limited, Cambridge, UNITED KINGDOM.
    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 Pistoia Alliance, Inc. intends to 
file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in 
membership.
    On May 28, 2009, Pistoia Alliance 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 July 15, 2009 (74 FR 34364).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on August 17, 
2011. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on September 21, 2011 (76 FR 58540).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-32108 Filed 12-14-11; 8:45 am]
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