00-10620. 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 October 25, 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 Inter Company Collaboration for AIDS Drug Development (the “Collaboration”) 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, although no changes have been made in the membership of the Collaboration, Collaboration Member Gilead Sciences of Foster City, CA, has acquired NeXstar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of Boulder, CO.

No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned activity of the collaboration. Membership in the Collaboration remains open, and the Collaboration intends to file additional written notification 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 29, 1999. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on September 22, 1999, (64 FR 51337).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.