Proscia and Ibex strike partnership to support prostate cancer detection
Proscia, a provider of digital and computational pathology solutions, and Ibex Medical Analytics, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based cancer diagnostics firm, have entered into a strategic partnership to support pathologists in detecting prostate cancer.
Through the collaboration, the partners will advance the use of computationally enabled workflows leveraging AI, to drive accuracy, efficiency, and quality gains in routine diagnostic pathology workflows.
The standard of care for diagnosing cancer is the pathologist’s assessment of tissue biopsies using the microscope. Diagnosing prostate cancer from a biopsy is challenging given that it requires the pathologist to review a large number of samples to find tumour foci that are often subtle, minute, and dependent on a qualitative grading system to assess disease severity. This review process can lead to an increased utilisation of pathologists, missed diagnoses, reliance on ancillary tests, and reduced confidence in treatment decisions.
Proscia and Ibex have joined forces to deliver a unified software solution that powers AI-enabled workflows for prostate cancer diagnosis, helping laboratories to drive meaningful productivity and quality gains. The joint product integration will bring together Ibex’s Galen Prostate solution with Proscia’s Concentriq image and data management platform, introducing AI-powered triaging, cancer detection, and grading of prostate core needle biopsies into routine workflows. Galen Prostate is already deployed in laboratories worldwide and supports pathologists with real-time quality control by alerting on misdiagnosed and mis-graded cancers.
Joseph Mossel, CEO and co-founder, Ibex Medical Analytics, said: “As prostate cancer impacts millions of patients each year, and as pathologists face ever-increasing challenges, it is paramount that we empower laboratories with clinical-grade AI solutions that provide accurate, timely diagnosis and ultimately improve patient outcomes. We are excited to partner with Proscia to accelerate development and rollout of end-to-end digital pathology solutions that utilize the full potential of our AI technology.”
Proscia’s Concentriq is used by laboratories and health systems for routine image viewing, management, and analysis and serves as a launchpad for computational applications. The deeply integrated solution will make Galen Prostate available to users of Concentriq, starting with select customers in the United States and Europe. As Concentriq also works with scanners and laboratory information systems (LIS), offering integrations with Philips, Leica, 3DHISTECH, and Hamamatsu, it will incorporate AI insights delivered by Galen Prostate into laboratories’ connected digital ecosystems.
Dave West, CEO of Proscia, said: “Computational pathology is poised to make the biggest impact on the field since the introduction of the microscope over a century ago. Our partnership with Ibex helps laboratories to capitalise on this promise by seamlessly deploying a solution backed by great science and proven customer success into workflows at scale.”