[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 194 (Thursday, October 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 54645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26184]
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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. (``TSC'')
Notice is hereby given that, on April 21, 1999, pursuant to Section
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993,
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), The SNP Consortium Ltd. (``TSC'')
has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney
General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing: (1) The identities
of the parties; and (2) the nature and objectives of the venture. The
notifications were filed for the purpose of invoking the Act's
provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual
damages under specified circumstances. Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the
Act, the identities of the parties are Bayer Corporation, Tarrytown,
NY; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ; Glaxo Wellcome Inc.,
Research Triangle Park, NJ; Hoechst Marion Roussel Inc., Bridgewater,
NJ; Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley, NJ; Monsanto Company, St. Louis,
MO; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ; Pfizer
Inc., New York, NY; SmithKline Beecham Corporation, Philadelphia, PA;
The Wellcome Trust Limited, as trustee of the Wellcome Trust, London,
England; and Zeneca Inc., Wilmington, DE. The nature and objectives of
the venture are to carry on scientific research in the public interest,
including research intended to advance the field of human medicine by
creating a single nucleotide polymorphism (``SNP'') map on the human
genome, that will then be made freely available to the public on a
nondiscriminatory basis. The joint venture will enable TSC to create a
high-density, high-quality SNP map with shared financial risk and
without the duplication of effort that would result from the work of
individual members. As the SNP map is being constructed, it will be
placed in the public domain for use by the worldwide medical research
community in identifying specific genes involved in various diseases,
thereby facilitating downstream research and development of
therapeutic, diagnostic and pharmaceutical products.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-26184 Filed 10-6-99; 8:45 am]
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