Summary: Indica Labs and Paige have formed a partnership to integrate Paige’s AI models into Indica’s HALO AP software, enhancing diagnostic accuracy, lab efficiency, and patient outcomes in pathology.

Takeaways:

  1. Seamless Integration: HALO AP users will be able to utilize Paige’s AI applications directly within the HALO AP system, enabling a more efficient and streamlined diagnostic workflow.
  2. Collaborative Commercial Efforts: The partnership will involve coordinated commercial strategies between Indica Labs and Paige, offering comprehensive solutions to both new and existing customers.
  3. Ongoing Innovation: The collaboration will extend beyond clinical diagnostics, with both companies engaging in co-development for pharma services, preclinical, and translational applications, ensuring continuous advancements in pathology diagnostics.

Computational pathology software provider Indica Labs and Paige, a provider of next-generation AI tech, formed a non-exclusive partnership aimed at integrating Paige’s Diagnostic AI models into Indica’s robust Anatomic Pathology workflow management software, HALO AP. This will include Paige’s pan-cancer AI application developed using Paige’s foundation model technology. 

Combining AI and Computational Pathology 

The collaboration allows for best-of-breed AI-enabled workflows designed to improve laboratory efficiency, diagnostic quality, and patient outcomes.

Through this collaboration, Indica Labs’ and Paige’s customers can expect:

  • Seamless Integration: HALO AP users will be able to execute Paige’s AI applications and view results directly within the HALO AP image management system.
  • Commercial Coordination: Both companies’ commercial teams work together to provide best-of-breed solutions targeting both new and existing customers.
  • Commitment to Quality: Ensuring that all integrated products operate at the highest standard of quality from a technical, product support, and regulatory perspective.
  • Ongoing Innovation: Both companies engage in co-development in other areas including pharma services, preclinical, and translational applications.

“We are excited to work with Indica Labs to make Paige’s powerful AI capabilities available to customers through the HALO AP platform,” says Peter Hamilton, gm of diagnostics at Paige. “We are confident that integrating the technologies that Indica and Paige have developed will provide pathologists with the richest set of capabilities that will drive improvements in cancer diagnostics.

The joint efforts will initially focus on developing integrated solutions catering to clinical diagnostics. Integration roll-out is expected within the next few months, and collaboration efforts for the life science segment are to ensue in parallel.

“This partnership represents a significant step forward in our commitment to delivering innovative solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers,” says Steven Hashagen, CEO of Indica Labs. “Paige has been a pioneer in AI for pathology diagnostics, so bringing their tools onto our platform is an exciting opportunity for us and our customers.”