[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57476-57478]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18094]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to The National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium
Notice is hereby given that, on July 5, 2023, 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 Technology Enterprise
Consortium (``MTEC'') 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, 2508 Biosciences LLC, Denver, CO; ALA Scientific
Instruments, Farmingdale, NY; American Military Families Action
Network, Tacoma, WA; American Technology Solutions International,
Fredericksburg, VA; AMK Technologies of Ohio LLC, Mount Vernon, OH;
Anchor Therapy Clinic, Sacramento, CA; Aphios Corp., Woburn, MA; Aruna
Bio, Inc., Athens, GA; Asante Bio, Tampa, FL; Atorvia Health
Technologies, Inc., Ottawa, Ontario, CAN; Axioforce, Inc., St. Louis,
MO; BioAesthetics Corp., Durham, NC; Boundless Science LLC, Chapel
Hill, NC; Brinter, Inc., Santa Monica, CA; California State University,
Long Beach Research Foundation, Long Beach, CA; Compremium AG, Westlake
Village, CA; Critical Path Institute, Tucson, AZ; CSP Technologies,
Inc., Auburn, AL; CTD Group LLC, Vashon, WA; Dawson CMS, Fairfax, VA;
Daxor Corp., Oak Ridge, TN; Design West Technologies, Inc., Tustin, CA;
Diagnostic Biochips, Inc., Glen Burnie, MD; Edward Via College of
Osteopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, VA; Equilibr.io, Inc., Palo Alto, CA;
FireFlare Games LLC, Cheyenne, WY; fluidIQ, Inc., Ellijay, CA; FreeFlow
Medical Devices LLC, Brevard, NC; Global Coalition for Adaptive
Research, Larkspur, CA; Goldbelt Apex LLC, Herndon, VA; Hafion, Inc.,
Ann Arbor, MI; HealthTech Connex, Surrey, CAN; Hope 4 You Global LLC,
Lowell, AR; ImmersiveTouch, Inc., Chicago, IL; Innerpulse Compression,
Inc., Ft. Meyers, FL; Innovative Emergency Management, Inc.,
Morrisville, NC; International Consulting Associates, Inc., Arlington,
VA; Jurata Thin Film, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC; K9s for Warriors, Ponte
Vedra Beach, FL; Kendall Square
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Sciences, Cambridge, MA; Leveque Intellectual Property Law, P.C.,
Frederick, MD; Link to Learn dba Simwerx, Denver, CO; Locus
Biosciences, Morrisville, NC; LSU Health Science Center at Shreveport,
Shreveport, LA; MACH32, Inc., Edmonton, AB, CAN; Maravai Life Sciences,
San Diego, CA; Mechano Therapeutics LLC, Philadelphia, PA; Memsel,
Inc., Fort Worth, TX; My Buddies Place, Inc., Pasadena, CA; National
Foundation for Integrative Medicine, Warrenton, VA; Neuraptive
Therapeutics, Inc., Chesterbrook, PA; NeuroGeneces, Inc., Santa Fe, NM;
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY; Newrotex, Ltd.,
Oxford, GBR; NextStep Robotics, Inc., Baltimore, MD; nFlux, Inc., Palm
Springs, CA; NovoPedics, Inc., Princeton, NJ; Operation Freedom Paws,
San Martin, CA; Optum Public Sector Solutions, Inc., Falls Church, VA;
Otter Cove Solutions LLC, Gaithersburg, MD; Paws for Purple Hearts,
Penngrove, CA; Paxauris LLC, Phoenix, AZ; Pison Technology, Boston, MA;
Plas-Free, Ltd., Nazareth, ISR; Problem Solutions LLC, Johnstown, PA;
Quidel Corp., San Diego, CA; Rapid Prototyping & Manufacturing
Technologies LLC, Forest Hill, MD; RayBalance, Inc., San Diego, CA;
Recornea SRL, Martignacco, ITA; Regents of the University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, MN; Resilient Lifescience, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; Reveille
Group, Tampa, FL; RSM US LLP, Chicago, IL; SafeBeat Rx, Inc., Chico,
CA; SafeBVM Corp., Boston, MA; Safi Biotherapeutics, Inc., Cambridge,
MA; Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO; Shee Atik[aacute]
Enterprises, Huntsville, AL; Smith & Nephew, Inc., Cordova, TN;
SpineThera, Inc., Plymouth, MN; Summa Bio Solutions, Inc., Fort Worth,
TX; Surgicure Technologies, Inc., Charlestown, MA; Tanner Research,
Inc., Duarte, CA; Texas Research & Technology Foundation, San Antonio,
TX; The McConnell Group, Landover, MD; The Ohio State University,
Columbus, OH; The Research and Recognition Project, Inc., Corning, NY;
Transom Scopes, Inc. dba Instrument Technology, Inc., Westfield, MA;
TreMonti Consulting LLC, Reston, VA; UES, Inc., Dayton, OH; Virginia
Biotechnology Association, Richmond, VA; Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University, Blacksburg, VA; Webworld Technologies, Inc. dba
WTI, Fairfax, VA; ZeSa LLC, Eden Prarie, MN; and Zylo Therapeutics,
Inc., Greenville, SC have been added as parties to this venture.
Also, 4M Biotech, Ltd., Victoria, CANADA; 8i East, Inc., Hermosa
Beach, CA; Acenxion Biosystems, Inc., Kansas City, KS; Advanced
Biomimetic Sensors, Inc., Bethesda, MD; Anthem Engineering LLC,
Elkridge, MD; ApnoMed, Inc., Bellevue, WA; Applied Brain Research,
Inc., Waterloo, Ontario, CAN; Aptitude Medical Systems, Santa Barbara,
CA; ArchieMD, Inc., Boca Raton, FL; Asayena, La Jolla, CA; Aspen
Medical USA, San Antonio, TX; Aspen Stem Cell Institute LLC, Basalt,
CO; Aspisafe Solutions, Inc., Brooklyn, NY; Assursec LLC, Leesburg, VA;
Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. dba ADS, Inc., Virginia Beach, VA;
Atmospheric Plasma Solutions, Cary, NC; Bennett Federal LLC, Plymouth,
MN; Bio Med Sciences, Inc., Allentown, PA; Blue Horizon Development LLC
dba Precise Portions LLC, Norfolk, VA; Cambridge Research &
Development, Inc., Nashua, NH; Career Haven LLC, Largo, MD; Cibao Cloud
Technologies, Inc., Portsmouth, RI; Cleveland Clinic Foundation,
Cleveland, OH; Collaborative Effort, Inc. dba RAIN Incubator, Tacoma,
WA; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Curia Global, Inc., Albany, NY;
Curza Global LLC, Salt Lake City, UT; DeltaStrac LLC, New Windsor, MD;
DxLab, Inc., Somerville, MA; ECM Therapeutics, Inc., Warrendale, PA;
electroCore, Inc., Rockaway, NJ; Elite Performance & Learning Center,
PS, Seattle, WA Enalare Therapeutics, Inc., Princeton, NJ; Excera,
Inc., Minneapolis, MN; Fed Grow LLC dba FedNetix, Issaquah, WA; Felix
Biotechnology, Inc., South San Francisco, CA; First Nation Group LLC,
Niceville, FL; Georgia Tech Research Corp., Atlanta, GA; Gothams LLC,
Austin, TX; Hememics Biotechnologies, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD; Hewlett
Packard Enterprise, Reston, VA; Hough Ear Institute, Oklahoma City, OK;
Icarus Medical LLC, Charlottesville, VA; Ichor Sciences LLC, Nashville,
TN; INdev LLC, Austin, TX; Inovio, Plymouth Meeting, PA; Jaw Joint
Science Institute, Philadelphia, PA; Kowa, Inc., Houston, TX; Legacy
US, Inc., Boise, ID; Life Elixir LLC, Irvine, CA; Linshom Medical,
Inc., Ellicott City, MD; Louisiana State University System dba
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA; Malum, Inc.,
Coralville, IA; Microsoft, Redmon, VA; Nanohmics, Inc., Austin, TX;
National Association of Veterans' Research and Education Foundations,
Washington, DC; Neunos ZRt, Szeged, HUN; Neuro11 Technologies, Inc.,
Cambridge, MA; Neuronoff, Inc., Valencia, CA; Neursantys, Inc.,
Chicago, IL; NoMo Diagnostics, Chicago, IL; Noninvasix, Inc., Houston,
TX; North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; ODSS Holdings,
Greenville, SC; ORSA Technologies LLC, Scottsdale, AZ; Orthopedic
Wellness Laboratories, Woodinville, WA; PERSOWN, Inc., Jacksonville,
FL; Plymouth Rock Technologies, Inc., Plymouth, MA; Pneumeric, Inc.,
Rochester, MN; Powerbuilding Holdings Corp., Staten Island, NY; PuraLab
LLC, Wilsonville, OR; Qidni Labs, Inc., Buffalo, NY; Quantum Ventura,
Inc., San Jose, CA; Riverside Research, Arlington, VA; Rockley
Photonics, Pasadena, CA; Rubix LS, Lawrence, MA; Sentien
Biotechnologies, Lexington, MA; Shock Therapeutics Biotechnologies,
Inc., Baltimore, MD; SiDx, Inc., Seattle, WA; Sierra Nevada Corp.,
Sparks, NV; Singularity Scitech LLC, Bronxville, NY; SmartHealth
Catalyzer, Inc., Riverwoods, IL; Soar Technology, Inc., Ann Arbour, MI;
Social Science Innovations Corp., New York, NY; Sonix Medical Devices,
Inc., Braselton, GA; Strive Tech, Inc., Bothell, WA; SyncThink, Inc.,
Palo Alto, CA; Tasso, Inc., Seattle, WA; TechWerks LLC, Arlington
Heights, IL; TensionSquare LLC, Port Charlotte, FL; Terida LLC,
Pinehurst, NC; TetraCells, Inc., Marietta, GA; Thomas Jefferson
University, Philadelphia, PA; Thought Leadership and Innovation
Foundation, McLean, VA; TourniTek, Seattle, WA; Trauma Insight LLC, San
Antonio, TX; TroutHouseTech LLC, Arlington, VA; Tygrus LLC, Troy, MI;
University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Orlando, FL;
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR; University of Tennessee Health
Science Center, Memphis, TN; UTL, Inc., Carlsbad, CA; Vir
Biotechnology, San Francisco, CA; Vizbii Technologies, Inc.,
Charleston, SC; Voltron Therapeutics, New York, NY; War Horses for
Veterans, Inc., Stilwell, KS; and ZuluCare LLC, Bethpage, NY 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 MTEC intends to file additional
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
On May 9, 2014, MTEC 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 June 9,
2014 (79 FR 32999).
The last notification was filed with the Department on April 5,
2023. A notice was published in the Federal
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Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on June 12, 2023 (88 FR
38095).
Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.
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