Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V., part of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, to develop an Artificial Intelligence (AI) based diagnostic tool to improve the detection of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH).