Next Generation Ast Tender

Reference: 20240937
Release date: 19 September 2025
Promoter – Financial Intermediary
BACTEROMIC SP ZOO
Location
Poland
Description
The project covers the Promoter's investments into the development of next generation antibiotic susceptibility testing technologies, including - inter alia - product enhancement, IP, regulatory approvals and market access.

Objectives
The project aims to support the continued development and market access of BacterOMIC system - a diagnostic system for automatic antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) which addresses the problem of increasing resistance of bacteria. As an automated system, it significantly simplifies and shortens laboratory procedures while analysing nearly all clinically relevant antibiotics to better determine the most effective treatment of bacterial infections.

Sector(s)
Industry - Manufacturing
Services - Professional, scientific and technical activities
Proposed EIB finance (Approximate amount)
EUR 15 million

Total cost (Approximate amount)
EUR 40 million

Environmental aspects
The specific activities included in the project will not have any relevant environmental impact, as they relate to activities to be performed in existing facilities without changing their already authorised scope. Therefore, the project activities neither fall under Annex I nor Annex II of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive 2011/52/EU (amended by 2014/52/EU).

Procurement
The EIB required that all project contracts are procured in accordance with the applicable EU procurement legislation.

Status
Approved - 5/08/2025