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###### Department of Justice

###### Antitrust Division

                    Notice is hereby given that, on January 5, 2024, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301*et seq.*                     (“the Act”), Medical CBRN Defense Consortium (“MCDC”) 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, ARServices Limited, Falls Church, VA; DKW Consulting LLC, Tallahassee, FL; GW Medical Systems Information Technologies Inc dba GE HealthCare Technology & Innovation Center, Niskayuna, NY; Goldbelt Hawk LLC, Newport News, VA; and Sentio BioSciences LLC, Maryland Heights, MO, have been added as parties to this venture.                

Also, Clarifia Inc, New York, NY; Conductive Technologies Inc, York, PA; Government Scientific Source, Reston, VA; Kleo Pharmaceuticals, New Haven, CT; Locus Biosciences, Morrisville, NC; Pertexa Healthcare Technologies, Ridgecrest, CA; SX2 Technologies LLC, Port Washington, WI; and Trauma Insight LLC dba LumaBridge LLC, San Antonio, TX, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.

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 MCDC intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

                    On November 13, 2015, MCDC 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 January 6, 2016 (81 FR 513).                

                    The last notification was filed with the Department on October 13, 2023. A notice was published in the                     **Federal Register**                     pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on December 15, 2023 (88 FR 86938).                

Suzanne Morris,

Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 2024-02260 Filed 2-5-24; 8:45 am]

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