Key Competencies
- Establishment of international site networks, providing sales and marketing support to drive business with key customers from the pharmaceutical and CRO industries
- Regulatory/business support of medical device and diagnostics start-up companies from the academic and private sector
- Methodological access to biological samples (Austrian Biobank) for use in clinical trials or testing of digital pathology platforms
Business Model
HALO has privileged relationships with top European academic partners and serves as interface with these institutions:
- Technical University of Graz.
- Department of Pathology of the Medical Faculty of the University of Graz.
- Biobank in Graz and associated Biobanks of the European network (BBMRI-ERIC)
- Network of 34 leading European hospitals
- Interdisciplinary Research Institute for Health Law and Science of the Sigmund Freud University of Vienna
HALO serves the following customer groups:
- Medical Devices Companies
- Diagnostic Companies
- Contract Research Organizations (CROs) and Accelerators
- Pharmaceutical Companies
- Universities
Academic Partners
HALO’s academic partners played a leading role in the development of standards as described in sections 6 of the new EU Regulations and have a 5-7 years lead in expertise on any competitor
Graz Biobank includes:
- 11,4 Million FFPE slides
- 5,5 Million FFPE blocks
- Around 1 Million other samples (fresh, frozen, blood, urine, etc.)
- 3 Million matching medical records
- 1 Million matching full sets of patient data
- Entire pathological spectrum in humans and animals
- Seamless access to biological material and data stored by other Austrian Biobanks and by17 full members and 4 observing members of the network of EU Biobanks (BBMRI-ERIC)
- Through existing collaborations direct/indirect access to 63 population-based and 215 clinical-based biobanks world-wide
Operating Model
HALO has adopted a step-wise methodology in full-filing customer needs
