As we discussed in Part 1 of this article, pharma is deriving value from applications of digital pathology across the spectrum of drug discovery and development. However, despite its promise, providers and users will need to advocate to successfully seed digital pathology across the commercial lab space.
Pharma’s Digital Pathology Build-Out; Part 2 – What It Means
Both providers and users of digital pathology are confident that clinical use cases and the evidence needed to assure payers and encourage investment by commercial labs will overcome challenges around access and adoption.

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