Both providers and users of digital pathology are confident that clinical use cases and the evidence needed to assure payers and encourage investment by commercial labs will overcome challenges around access and adoption.

Pharma companies are applying digital pathology throughout their research and development functions. Where are they now finding value?

The US firm’s oral plasma kallikrein inhibitor was associated with liver elevations in a number of Phase II patients, prompting a trial termination and shift in focus to an on-demand program. 

Plus deals with Synaffix/Emergence, Helsinn/Juniper and Sanyou/Shanghai KangaBio, while Takeda/Finch and Dong-A/Beactica ended prior collaborations.