[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 145 (Monday, July 29, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 45565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18071]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993 -- tranSMART Foundation

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 3, 2013, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), tranSMART Foundation 
(``tranSMART'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the 
name and principal place of business of the standards development 
organization and (2) the nature and scope of its standards development 
activities. 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 name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is tranSMART 
Foundation, Wakefield, MA. The nature and scope of tranSMART's 
standards development activities are to enable effective sharing, 
integration, standardization, and analysis of heterogeneous data from 
collaborative translational research by mobilizing the tranSMART open-
source and open-data community.
    In furtherance of that purpose, tranSMART may engage in some or all 
of the following activities: (a) Establish and sustain tranSMART as the 
preferred data sharing and analytics platform for translational 
biomedical research; (b) link academic, non-profit and corporate 
research communities for collaborative research facilitated by 
tranSMART; (c) align and grow a vibrant developer network around the 
scientific goals of the tranSMART community; (d) reduce barriers to 
entry through use of advanced technologies and an active marketplace; 
and (e) undertake such other activities as may from time to time be 
appropriate to further the purposes and achieve the goals set forth 
above.

 Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-18071 Filed 7-26-13; 8:45 am]
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