Indica Labs announced today that Molecular Pathology Laboratory Network, Inc. (MPLN), a leader in laboratory medicine, hematopathology, and solid tumor oncology testing, has selected the HALO AP® platform from Indica Labs to deliver digital pathology services to both clinical reference labs and biopharma clients. HALO AP® is now in the final stages of clinical validation in MPLN’s CAP/CLIA-certified laboratory, where it is being prepared for initial deployment as a laboratory developed test (LDT) in the setting of urothelial bladder cancer and myeloid neoplasms. Additional disease indications will be validated in HALO AP® as LDTs in a stepwise manner once the initial indications are fully deployed.
HALO AP® is an AI-powered, pathologist-driven digital pathology platform that enables primary diagnosis and other routine workflows in anatomic pathology. The platform is CE-IVDR marked and has all the tools pathologists need to conduct accurate, standardized diagnostic evaluation in a future-ready environment capable of deploying off-the-shelf, third-party AI and image analysis tools. In addition, HALO AP® streamlines second opinion requests and consultations, and facilitates management of clinical trials within a unified platform.
“With the deployment of HALO AP®, our in-house pathologists and those that are part of our key opinion leader (KOL) network in the US, EU, and APAC regions are able to easily collaborate on cases and perform centralized pathology assessment without the need to ship precious patient material at risk of damage or loss in transit. Our goal with digital pathology is to improve diagnostic efficiency while maintaining regulatory compliance and providing the highest standard of patient care. Real-time collaboration through digital pathology enables us to deliver diagnoses faster and eliminates disparate access to leading pathology experts, ultimately benefitting patient outcomes,”
said Dr. Ravyn Duncan, Vice President, Scientific Operations and Research of MPLN.
With MPLN’s dedication to advanced diagnostic testing, the addition of HALO AP® into their portfolio strengthens the commitment to patient care. HALO AP® deployment within a dedicated, secure cloud environment and integration with MPLN’s proprietary laboratory information system will streamline pathology services from accessioning through reporting. This will result in significant time savings achieved through reduced pathology processing, specimen handling, and simplified case review of thousands of slides each year.
In addition to deploying HALO AP® for primary diagnosis, MPLN will also deploy the platform to comprehensively manage clinical trials for biopharma clients. Broadening access to digital pathology is a cost-effective solution for clinical trial sites around the globe, saving hundreds of thousands of dollars each year in specimen logistics.
“Our scientific team has found the HALO AP® platform to be feature-rich and capable of fulfilling our digital pathology needs. Using HALO AP®, we aim to consolidate our second-opinion pathology reviews on a single, integrated digital pathology system that provides consistent, high-quality image management and distribution. We are excited to explore using the HALO AP® platform further, using HALO AI in hematopathology applications to develop complex analysis algorithms and streamline workflows,”
said Dr. Roger Hubbard, MPLN Chief Executive Officer.
“We’re excited to work with MPLN on implementing digital pathology workflows. The team will be well positioned for future expansion of their deployment to include AI-based image analysis, as HALO AP® can integrate any AI algorithm,”
said Eric Runde, Chief Operating Officer at Indica Labs.
HALO AP® is CE-IVDR marked for in-vitro diagnostic use in Europe, the UK, and Switzerland. HALO AP® is For Research Use Only in the USA and is not FDA-cleared for clinical diagnostic use. In addition, HALO AP® provides built-in compliance with FDA 21 CFR Part 11, HIPAA, and GDPR.
About Indica Labs
Indica Labs is the global leader in AI-powered digital pathology software and services. Our flagship HALO® and HALO AI platform revolutionizes quantitative evaluation of whole slide images. HALO Link provides collaborative image management while HALO AP® and HALO AP Dx deliver enterprise digital pathology for primary diagnosis with regulatory clearances in multiple markets. Through a commitment to open pathology, performance, scalability, and ease-of-use, we help pharma companies, diagnostic labs, hospitals, research organizations, and Indica’s own Cloud and Pharma Services make discoveries and diagnoses that transform patient care and scientific discovery.
