[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 17, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 48982] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-23699] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993--Inter Company Collaboration for AIDS Drug Development Notice is hereby given that, on August 23, 1996, 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''), Inter Company Collaboration for AIDS Drug Development (The Collaboration) filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission. 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. The Collaboration is planning to have an independent third party collect and distribute information about the amount of resources its members devote to various AIDS-related research and development activities. It is the Collaboration's intent to use the results of the survey to identify potential areas in which further cooperation among its members may be appropriate pursuant to the Act. The company conducting the survey is a nonprofit institution with extensive experience in conducting confidential surveys of parmaceutical companies. A questionnaire will be sent to each of the member companies of the Collaboration. Upon receipt of the completed questionnaires, the company will compile the data and circulate aggregated results to each member of the collaboration in a manner that prevents the identification of the company that submitted particular data. No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned activities of the Collaboration. Membership in the Collaboration remains open, and the Collaboration intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership. On May 27, 1993, the Collaboration 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 6, 1993 (58 FR 36223). The last notification was filed with the Department on June 26, 1996. A notice was published in the Federal Register on July 23, 1996 (61 FR 38215). Constance D. Robinson, Director of Operations, Antitrust Division. [FR Doc. 96-23699 Filed 9-16-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-01-M