PathAI Announces Strategic Partnership With Roche To Enable Development And Distribution Of Digital Pathology Diagnostics

Partnership brings together PathAI’s market-leading artificial intelligence-powered technology and Roche’s assay development and digital pathology capabilities to offer an integrated diagnostic solution for laboratories and biopharmaceutical clients.

PathAI, a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI)-powered technology for pathology, and Roche, a global pioneer in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics, announced a strategic partnership to develop and distribute PathAI’s AI-powered technology through Roche’s uPath enterprise software, enabling broad access to digital pathology diagnostics to support clinical research and companion diagnostic (CDx) programs globally.

AI-powered pathology has the potential to inform biomarker development, better identify and treat patients, and enable personalized medicine. However, the digital pathology industry is largely fragmented across various software, hardware and algorithm providers, which has prevented effective implementation of AI platforms in labs. The collaboration between PathAI and Roche now provides a comprehensive menu of AI-powered digital pathology solutions in diagnostics.

“This collaboration brings together all of the components required to deliver and commercialize a differentiated AI-based digital pathology medical device including assay, scanner, image management system, and image analysis algorithms. We believe this collaboration will unlock the potential for digital pathology in the CDx setting, offering a differentiated service to biopharma sponsors and ultimately new opportunities to improve patient outcomes,” says Dr. Andy Beck, CEO of PathAI.

The collaboration will initially involve distribution of PathAI-developed research-use-only (RUO) algorithms through NAVIFY Digital Pathology, the cloud version of Roche’s uPath enterprise software, focusing on immuno-oncology in multiple cancer types. The collaboration will also support biopharmaceutical partners with an end-to-end solution for CDx development, leveraging Roche’s diagnostic assays and pathology lab solutions with new and expanded innovative imaging tools from PathAI, in addition to the AI tools already provided by Roche.