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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-007973"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "INBS"
cik: "0001725430"
company_name: "INTELLIGENT BIO SOLUTIONS INC."
filed_at: "2026-02-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T00:22:29.759866+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# INBS ships first readers from new partner Syrma Johari; expects 40%+ cost savings, 20ppt gross margin boost

## Summary
- First Intelligent Fingerprinting Drug Screening Readers manufactured by Syrma Johari MedTech deployed to U.K. and Europe customers.
- Partnership expected to deliver annual production cost savings over 40%, improving gross margin by ~20 percentage points annually.
- In-house lateral flow test strip production capacity doubled, enabling faster R&D and expanded drug panels.
- Company confirms planned U.S. market entry (beyond Forensic Use Only) later in 2026, supported by scaled manufacturing capacity.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-007973
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: INBS
- cik: 0001725430
- company_name: INTELLIGENT BIO SOLUTIONS INC.
- filed_at: 2026-02-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725430/000149315226007973/0001493152-26-007973-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725430/000149315226007973/form8-k.htm

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