FRONTEO Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Masahiro Morimoto, hereafter FRONTEO) and Kenko Salon Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Meguro-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Yoshihisa Sakai, hereafter Health Salon) are at insurance pharmacies. We have signed a basic agreement on business alliance agreements for AI analysis of accumulated prescription information and information such as health support and creation of new services.

　Health Salon is a company that provides pharmacy business support by providing a cloud tool "Your Dispensing Pharmacy" that utilizes SNS / SMS at insurance pharmacies. "Your dispensing pharmacy" is a service that comprehensively supports the pharmacy's patient collection issues and business issues.In this service, patients can shorten the waiting time at the pharmacy by using the prescription reservation function through SNS, and can communicate with pharmacists through SNS / SMS and receive follow-up such as consultation on physical condition and medicines and medication support. is.In addition, pharmacies and pharmacists can provide polite services based on individual patient information, strengthen relationships with patients, and improve work efficiency.

　Communication between pharmacists and patients contains important real-world (non-medical) information, such as medication status, treatment satisfaction, and side effects, while text-centric. Since it is unstructured information, it is difficult to analyze it sufficiently with conventional technology, and the actual situation is that it is not effectively utilized.

　In this business alliance, the text information accumulated by the health salon through "your dispensing pharmacy" is processed in natural language by FRONTEO's AI engine "Concept Encoder (trademark: conceptencoder, reading: concept encoder)" to provide customer insight ( We will analyze unrealized needs and real intentions) and consider the creation of new services that will lead to the promotion of personalized medicine starting from pharmacies.

　The impact of this matter alone on the business results of both companies for the current fiscal year is minor, but we will promptly notify you if there are any matters to be disclosed.

■ About health salon　URL:https://www.kenko-salon.com/
The health salon provides a variety of healthcare solutions centered on communication support that connects patients and pharmacists starting from insurance pharmacies.Beyond the framework of existing healthcare services, we are working to build a digital platform platform for solving social and human health issues.

■ About FRONTEO　URL:https://www.fronteo.com/
FRONTEO uses the in-house developed AI engine "KIBIT", "Concept Encoder", and "Looca Cross" specializing in natural language processing to extract meaningful and important information from a huge amount of text data, and is a company. It is a data analysis company that supports the business of. Since its establishment in August 2003, it has been expanding globally to Japan, the United States, South Korea, and Taiwan, focusing on legal tech businesses such as "e-discovery (electronic discovery)" and "digital forensic investigation" that support corporate international litigation. Has been developed.Based on the AI ​​technology cultivated in this business, we will expand the business field to the life science field, business intelligence field, and economic security from 8, and by using AI to "turn text data into knowledge", We contribute to solving various corporate issues such as drug discovery support, dementia diagnosis support, financial, personnel, and sales support. Listed on TSE Mothers (currently TSE Growth) on June 2014, 2007. Obtained a first-class medical device manufacturing and sales business license in January 6 (permit number: 26B2021X1), and notified the managed medical device sales business in September of the same year (notification number: 13 Minato Misei Equipment No. 1).The capital is 10350 thousand yen (as of March 9, 3).

* FRONTEO, KIBIT, and concept encoder are registered trademarks of FRONTEO in Japan.
* Your dispensing pharmacy is a registered trademark of Skylinks Co., Ltd.