Fierce Biotech November 14, 2023
CROs Alimentiv, AcelaBio and PharmaNest are partnering in an effort to leverage precision medicine and AI-backed digital pathology tools to boost clinical trials for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
The triumvirate will focus on helping trial sponsors quantify the histologic effects of compounds in order to better understand underlying mechanisms in NASH-targeted therapies through the use of spatial transcriptomics and AI-powered single-fiber and single-cell digital pathology, the companies said in a joint Nov. 8 press release. Financial details of the collaboration weren’t disclosed.
Alimentiv is a CRO that specializes in gastroenterology. AcelaBio’s CRO work focuses on histopathology and precision medicine, while PharmaNest is a digital pathology and AI group specializing in the development and validation of novel histological standards for the...