06-1608. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Technologies for Target Assessment

Notice is hereby given that, on February 1, 2006, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), Technologies for Target Assessment (“TATS member firm Icoria, a Clinical Data Inc. Company”) has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in Icoria, Inc.'s ownership. 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, Clinical Data, Inc., Newton, MA has acquired Icoria, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC.

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 TATS member firm Icoria, a Clinical Data Inc. Company, intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.

On August 1, 2002, TATS member firm Icoria, a Clinical Data Inc. Company, 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 September 12, 2002 (67 FR 57853).

The last notification was filed with the Department of Justice on January 6, 2006. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on February 8, 2006 (71 FR 6523).

Dorothy B. Fountain,

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.