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Minute Insight: Drug Giant Bayer Jumps Into Medtech Via AI Acquisition

 
• By Barnaby Pickering

Bayer has purchased Blackford Analysis and its Blackford Platform, an all-in-one software solution for radiology.

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• Source: Informa/Alamy

Drug giant Bayer has made a significant play to further its radiology offerings by acquiring the Edinburgh-based software company Blackford Analysis for an undisclosed sum of money.

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