Skin Analytics × Scarlet

Bringing a Class III AI dermatology device to the European market

How Skin Analytics certified a life-saving Class III AIaMD, enabling quicker access to skin cancer diagnosis for hundreds of millions of patients

How Skin Analytics certified a life-saving Class III AIaMD, enabling quicker access to skin cancer diagnosis for hundreds of millions of patients

“If you're looking for a Notified Body that understands SaMD then Scarlet is the one to work with.”

James Hamlyn

QA/RA Director, Skin Analytics

The Challenge

Skin Analytics were looking at a long wait to get their proven skin-cancer-detection product DERM to the European market, and were seeking a Notified Body with AI expertise

Customer Snapshot

Growing start-up that developed a transformational skin-lesion-analysis SaMD that had already been widely deployed in the NHS, looking to expand internationally

99.8% accurate in ruling out high-risk skin cancer, compared to face-to-face dermatologist evaluations of 98.9%

Seeking swift EU MDR certification from a Notified Body that understands AI

The Scarlet Process

Scarlet's AI expertise, clear assessment process, and SaMD-friendly technical-file submission led to a highly efficient time to certification for Skin Analytics

Scarlet’s approach resulted in:

EU MDR certification significantly ahead of the expected timeline

DERM became the first AI approved to make clinical decisions autonomously in the cancer space

Skin Analytics’ proven technology is now available, ahead of schedule, to patients and healthcare systems across the European market

“We were looking at a long and unclear path to certification. Scarlet’s expertise in AI & software changed that. They were able to efficiently understand a highly novel AI product. That meant we got to market far quicker than originally expected.”

James Hamlyn

QA/RA Director, Skin Analytics

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