Philips announces takeover of digital pathology firm PathXL

Philips has announced the acquisition of PathXL, a move that will help to expand its digital pathology solutions portfolio.

The Northern Ireland-based company offers a range of digital pathology image analysis, workflow software and educational tools for use by the research and education segments of the pathology and biopharmaceutical markets.

Employing approximately 30 employees, PathXL has offices in the UK and US, as well as distributors across three continents. Its image analysis and tissue pathology software will complement Philips' existing digital pathology solutions offering and help expand its leadership in this fast-growing field.

Russ Granzow, general manager of Philips Digital Pathology Solutions, said: "We are accelerating our drive to support global medical institutions in their transition to digitised pathology workflows. Together with PathXL we see a unique opportunity to amplify our combined technology leadership positions."

Philips' leading pathology solution lntelliSite has already been approved in a number of countries, offering an automated digital pathology image creation, management and viewing system for numerous applications.