[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 71 (Friday, April 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 14973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07255]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Open Source Imaging Consortium, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 20, 2019, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Open Source Imaging Consortium, 
Inc. has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney 
General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities 
of the parties to the venture and (2) the nature and objectives of the 
venture. 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 identities of the parties 
to the venture are: Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corporation, Ridgefield, 
CT; Three Lakes Partners, Northbrook, IL; Siemens Healthcare GmbH, 
Erlangen, GERMANY; and Fluidda NV, Groeningenlei, BELGIUM. The general 
area of Open Source Imaging Consortium, Inc.'s planned activity is to 
define digital imaging biomarkers for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and 
fibrotic interstitial lung diseases (the ``Medical Conditions'') in 
order to ensure accurate imaging-based diagnosis, prognosis and 
prediction of response to therapy, including: (a) Enabling the 
effective sharing, utilization, and analysis of data relating to the 
Medical Conditions;(b) establishing and sustaining Open Source Imaging 
Consortium, Inc. as the preferred data sharing and analytics platform 
for research relating to the Medical Conditions;(c) link academic, non-
profit and corporate research communities for collaborative research 
facilitated by Open Source Imaging Consortium, Inc.;(d) align and grow 
a vibrant network of researchers and developers around the goals of 
Open Source Imaging Consortium, Inc.; and (e) undertaking such other 
activities as may from time to time be appropriate to further the 
purposes and achieve the goals set forth above.

Suzanne Morris,
Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics Unit, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-07255 Filed 4-11-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4410-11-P