80 FR 13422 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993; Pistoia Alliance, Inc.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 49 (March 13, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 49 (Friday, March 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13422-13423]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05853]


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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 February 12, 2015, 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, Amgen, Thousand 
Oaks, CA; quattro research GmbH, Munich, GERMANY; Cambridgene, 
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UNITED KINGDOM; Dotmatics Limited, Bishop 
Stortford, Hertfordshire, UNITED KINGDOM; Paul Willer (individual 
member), Sudbury, Suffolk, UNITED KINGDOM; H. Lundbeck A/S, Valby, 
DENMARK; and Jeeva Informatics Solutions, Derwood, MD, have been added 
as parties to this venture.
    Also, ChemITment, Amston, CT; Progenus, Namur, BELGIUM; Answer 
Consulting, Woking, UNITED KINGDOM; IrisNote, Inc., Columbus, OH; Blue 
Reference, Inc., Bend, OR; and Ingrid Akerblom, Lansdale, PA, have 
withdrawn as parties to this venture.

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    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, Inc. 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 November 20, 
2014. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on December 31, 2014 (79 FR 78908).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement,Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-05853 Filed 3-12-15; 8:45 am]
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