Alimentiv Inc., AcelaBio Inc., and PharmaNest Inc. have joined forces to revolutionize precision medicine and AI-enabled digital pathology solutions for Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis (MASH) clinical trials. This collaboration aims to provide a comprehensive approach to quantifying the histological effects of compounds and understanding the underlying mechanisms in MASH-targeted therapies.
The collaborative effort integrates advanced spatial transcriptomics and AI-powered digital pathology techniques, offering high throughput specialty anatomic and molecular pathology, bioinformatics, and AI powered image analysis. AcelaBio, a CAP/CLIA-certified clinical research laboratory, will conduct tissue sample analysis generating whole slide images and molecular data, aiming to identify digital pathology biomarkers within the tissue’s spatial context. For discovering novel biomarker signatures and interrogating the spatial biology of tissues, AcelaBio implemented 10X Genomics Visium Spatial Transcriptomics into its workflows.
Alimentiv’s focus on endpoint assessments and precision medicine, including bioinformatics and AI- powered digital pathology biomarker quantitation, complements this initiative. Their expertise aims to empower clinical trial sponsors, improving histological endpoints and accelerating drug development in MASH.
PharmaNest contributes its excellence in MASH digital pathology and AI analysis, providing high- resolution, single-fiber, and single-cell quantitative image analysis. Their FibroNest platform automates high-resolution quantification of fibrosis severity, aiding pathologists and enriching the effect quantification of interventions in MASH studies. This collaboration promises to enhance current histological endpoints required for interim FDA approval of therapies in MASH and allows for a comprehensive understanding of MASH pathology and the discovery of new biomarkers.
The partnership represents a significant advancement in integrating precision medicine and digital pathology for MASH clinical trials, with the goal of enhancing early drug development efficiency and delivering safe, effective treatments to patients more promptly.