DS Pharma Animal Health awards Hacarus the Grand Prize for ‘New Business Solutions in Animal Health’

Japan, June 26, 2019: Hacarus Inc, the leading provider of lightweight and explainable AI, was today awarded the Grand Prize by DS Pharma Animal Health for its innovative AI-enabled technology platform ‘HACARUS.ai’.

“It is a great honor to receive this award for our work in creating technology that will improve animals’ lives. Together with DS Pharma, we see a great opportunity to revolutionize animal health diagnostics with our AI technology, making treatment safer, faster and more humane,” said Kenshin Fujiwara, CEO and Founder of Hacarus.

DS Pharma Animal Health is Japan’s largest provider of animal health services, supporting some 11,000 animal hospitals and veterinarian clinics throughout the nation. It is also a market leader in the fields of companion animal-, livestock- and fisheries businesses. Through its ‘New Business Search Program to Support Animal Health’, DS Pharma is focused on finding the best leading-edge services and technologies that will help propel animal health, diagnostics and maintenance into the next century.

Amongst 18 project proposals shortlisted for innovation, impact and business potential, Hacarus was awarded the Grand Prize. The collaboration, aimed at bringing Hacarus Sparse Modeling-based AI tools to animal health diagnostics, sees DS Pharma and Hacarus working together on both a proprietary medical device and accompanying cloud services. Following a successful initial phase, the two companies will proceed towards a commercial partnership to provide AI enhanced animal health diagnostics in Japan and beyond.

Corporate Comm India(CCI Newswire)