The takeover comes a few months after Bayer stepped up the digital capabilities of its radiology business with the launch of AI-powered software for X-ray, MRI, and CT imaging under the Calantic Digital Solutions umbrella brand.
The launch of Calantic grew out of a collaboration between the drugmaker and UK- and US-based Blackford that “laid the foundations” for the platform, said Bayer in a statement this morning. Terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed.
That relationship in turn had its roots in 2019, when Blackford was among the selected start-ups in the company’s G4A Digital Health Partnerships programme.
