DOTmed January 23, 2023
Bayer has acquired Blackford Analysis, a UK company with a platform enabling radiologists to test the performance and integration of applications and AI algorithms within their individual workflows, and compare multiple medical images with a single click.
Blackford, which was spun out from the University of Edinburgh in 2010, will remain an independent company on an arms-length basis to preserve its entrepreneurial culture, continuing to be accountable for advancing its technology, channel partnerships, and ClinApp portfolio. The organization will not be restructured, and its executive and management teams will remain in position.
Its platform approach is designed to streamline the application adoption process to improve diagnostic and patient outcomes and reduce care costs. Bayer says it will expand its infrastructure,...