Industries · Healthcare and life sciences
AI security for healthcare and life sciences
Clinicians, researchers and health-tech engineers are using AI to save time. PexLens keeps patient data and research IP out of unapproved AI tools, controls AI in the browser, and checks the open-source packages and AI models your research and products depend on.
The challenge
What makes AI and software risk different in healthcare and life sciences
Patient data in AI tools
Clinical notes, referral letters and patient records get pasted into chat assistants to summarise or draft documents.
Research IP and trial data
Study protocols, trial results and unpublished findings are high-value data that should never reach a public model.
Open models and scientific Python
Research pipelines load models from public hubs and packages from PyPI, where unsafe model formats and malicious packages appear regularly.
One platform
How PexLens secures healthcare and life sciences
Three products share one policy engine, so a rule about data, AI services, extensions or packages applies on every device and in every session.
Protect AI interactionsPexLens TrustGate
- Detect and redact patient identifiers and other personal data in prompts
- Block research documents and source code from unapproved AI services
- Separate policies for clinical, research and administrative teams
- Request and response logs for privacy and compliance officers
Secure the AI workspacePexLens Enterprise AI Browser
- Allow-list the AI assistants your organisation has approved
- Clipboard isolation keeps sensitive content from moving to unapproved destinations
- Audited prompt history and AI usage dashboards
- Zero-touch deployment across hospitals, labs and remote sites
Secure the AI supply chainPexLens Supplytrust
- Scan AI models from hubs such as Hugging Face before they are loaded, including unsafe formats like pickle files
- Block malicious PyPI packages in data science and research environments
- Organisation-based Homebrew policies for researcher and developer Macs
- Inventory and assess IDE extensions used by research and engineering teams
Use cases
Where healthcare and life sciences teams use PexLens
Clinical documentation with AI
Staff use approved AI assistants with patient identifiers redacted before prompts leave the device.
Safe research with open models
Data scientists load open models only after they pass PexLens model scanning.
Health-tech product engineering
Developers use AI coding tools and open-source packages under one policy.
Vendor and contractor access
External staff use AI under the same rules, with an audit trail.
Compliance
Supports your compliance programme
| Framework or obligation | How PexLens helps |
|---|---|
| HIPAA (US) | Helps safeguard protected health information from disclosure to AI services, with logs of what was blocked or redacted. |
| GDPR and India's DPDP Act | Reduces personal and health data exposure to external AI services. |
| ISO 27001 and HITRUST assessments | Provides evidence of controls over AI tools and third-party software components. |
PexLens provides controls and evidence that support compliance. It does not by itself make an organisation compliant with any law or standard.
FAQ
Healthcare and life sciences: common questions
Can clinicians use AI assistants safely?
Yes. PexLens TrustGate inspects prompts on the device and can redact patient identifiers or block a prompt before it reaches an AI service, according to your policy.
Why do AI models need scanning?
Some model file formats, such as pickle, can run code when a model is loaded. PexLens Supplytrust checks models from public hubs before your teams use them.
Does PexLens replace our HIPAA programme?
No. PexLens adds controls and evidence for AI usage and software supply chain risk that support your existing privacy and security programme.
Can researchers use open-source AI models safely?
Yes. PexLens Supplytrust scans models from hubs such as Hugging Face before they are loaded and blocks malicious PyPI packages in data science environments.
Can PexLens be deployed across several hospitals or sites?
Yes. The PexLens Enterprise AI Browser supports zero-touch deployment across distributed machines, and the same policies apply at every site.
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