[Federal Register: May 23, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 100)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--The SNP Consortium Ltd.

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 31, 2000 and April 14, 
2000, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), The 
SNP Consortium (``TSC'') filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
changes in its membership status. 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, International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, 
NY; Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL; and Amersham Pharmacia Biotech 
Inc., Piscataway, NJ have been added as parties to this venture. In 
addition, Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc., Bridgewater, NJ, has been 
recognized and is now named Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    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 TSC intends to file additional 
written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On April 20, 1999, TSC 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 October 
7, 1999 (64 FR 54645).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
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