[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 112 (Monday, June 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38096-38097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12504]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Medical CBRN Defense Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 6, 2023, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Medical CBRN Defense Consortium 
(``MCDC'') 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

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specified circumstances. Specifically, Decryptor, Inc., Richardson, TX; 
Joint Research & Development, Inc., Stafford, VA; Northstar Emergency 
Management LLC, Pittsburgh, PA; Redwire Space Components LLC, 
Marlborough, MA; SaponiQx, Inc., Lexington, MA; UniVox Technical 
Solutions LLC dba UniVox LLC, Tijeras, NM; Vega Technology Group LLC, 
North Canton, OH; and Zalgen Labs LLC, Frederick, MD have been added as 
parties to this venture.
    Also, Allegheny-Singer Research Institute dba AHN Institute, 
Pittsburgh, PA; BioCryst Phamaceuticals, Inc., Durham, NC; Encryptor, 
Inc., Richardson, TX; Healion Bio, Inc., Ijamsville, MD; ImmPORT 
Therapeutics, Inc. dba Antigen Discovery, Inc., Irvine, CA; Kuprion, 
Inc., San Jose, CA; MBio Diagnostics, Inc. dba LightDeck Diagnostics, 
Boulder, CO; Medicago USA, Inc., Durham, NC; Merck, Sharpe and Dohme 
Corp., Whitehouse Stations, NJ; and Tutela Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 
Vernon Hills, IL have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 MCDC intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On November 13, 2015, MCDC 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 
January 6, 2016 (81 FR 513).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on January 4, 
2023. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on January 25, 2023 (88 FR 4850).

Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director, Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-12504 Filed 6-9-23; 8:45 am]
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