Intelligent Bio Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq: INBS) is a med tech company focused on delivering intelligent, rapid, non-invasive testing solutions.
The company’s flagship product, the Intelligent Fingerprinting Drug Screening System, analyzes fingerprint sweat to detect drug use, supporting workplace safety across safety-critical industries, government and law-enforcement settings.
INBS’ story is about more than an alternative approach to drug testing. It is about responding to the need to redefine screening and diagnostic testing through innovative, pain-free, and accessible medical technology solutions that improve the quality of life.
It is also a story of commercialization: how the company is responding to a genuine market need by bringing its non-invasive products to market, how they perform in real-world settings, and the factors that could drive future adoption and commercial growth.
What Intelligent Bio Solutions Does
Intelligent Bio Solutions provides a product portfolio of sweat-based, non-invasive testing technologies that address both short- and long-term detection needs, including a drug testing solution and a sweat patch for drug monitoring.
INBS’ drug testing solution is predominantly adopted in workplace drug testing, where employers need trusted solutions to support safety, manage risk, and make informed fitness-for-duty decisions.
The Intelligent Fingerprinting Drug Screening System provides an alternative to traditional urine and saliva-based testing methods. The System comprises a single-use Drug Screening Cartridge and a digital Drug Screening Reader to deliver on-site screening results by analyzing trace amounts of drugs and their metabolites present in fingerprint sweat.
This approach is ideal for workplaces where testing needs to be efficient, dignified, and easy to run at scale, including safety-critical and operationally complex sectors such as construction, transport and logistics, manufacturing, mining, and other industrial environments.
The broader Intelligent Fingerprinting Drug Testing Solution builds on the on-site screening system by including a confirmatory testing procedure for when a non-negative screening result requires laboratory confirmation and training for nominated personnel to bring testing in-house.
Beyond workplace testing, the solution is suited for environments such as government, border security, customs, defense, national security, frontline workforce testing, law enforcement, roadside drug testing, court-mandated rehabilitation, evidentiary screening, and forensic or investigative settings.
INBS has established a commercial footprint across workplace and safety-critical markets, with customer accounts, product adoption, and commercial progress forming an important part of the company’s growth story to date. The company has sold into 35 countries and territories and has more than 480 active customer accounts.
The Problem Intelligent Bio Solutions is Solving
The UNODC World Drug Report 2026 estimates that 331 million people globally, equivalent to 6.2% of the population aged 15–64, used drugs in 2024. In the Americas, an estimated 105 million people used drugs, the joint-highest regional total alongside Asia and equivalent to 15% of the population.
As drug use remains a significant global concern, drug testing plays a significant role in safety-critical industries, government, and law enforcement, where there is a need for clear, reliable processes to manage the risks associated with impairment. However, traditional testing methods can create operational challenges.
Urine testing requires bathroom facilities, privacy arrangements, more complex collection procedures, biohazardous waste handling, and could present delays due to shy bladder. Saliva testing can be easier to administer in some settings, but may still involve difficulties such as dry mouth, nil-by-mouth requirements, waiting times, and employee discomfort.
For many employers, the issue is how to run testing in a way that is consistent, respectful, and suitable for their unique workplace setting.
The Intelligent Fingerprinting Drug Screening System is designed to address this need.
What Makes the Technology Different
The Intelligent Fingerprinting Drug Screening System is designed to screen for drugs commonly found in the workplace, including opiates, methamphetamine, cocaine, and cannabis. Instead of requiring a urine or saliva sample, the system collects sweat from the fingertips using a single-use Cartridge.
Different drug testing sample types detect drug use over different time periods. Urine testing can identify drug use up to several days, or even weeks, prior. Saliva testing typically detects drug use up to 48 hours before testing. The System detects recent drug use up to 16–24 hours before testing, helping employers focus on fitness-for-duty at the time of testing rather than historical use.
The collection process is non-invasive and can be supervised without the need for bathroom facilities. This helps make testing more dignified for employees and easier for employers to manage.
Administrator-supervised collection helps reduce opportunities for foul play during sample collection, while self-locking sample seals on each Cartridge help maintain sample integrity throughout the testing process.
The Reader analyzes the Cartridge and delivers an on-screen result in 10 minutes. By analyzing the Cartridge and displaying the results on screen, the Reader helps avoid the manual interpretation required for visually read tests.
The Reader displays a negative or non-negative result for each drug in the screening test. A non-negative screening result may be verified using the laboratory confirmation service as part of the broader Intelligent Fingerprinting Drug Testing Solution.
Conclusion: Practical, Innovative, Med Tech Solutions
Intelligent Bio Solutions is focused on addressing a clear need: rapid, non-invasive, and practical med tech solutions for real-world operating environments. Through its testing solutions, INBS equips customers with tools to support short- and long-term detection needs. As a medical technology manufacturer and distributor with an established footprint, INBS is designed to meet the demand for rapid, non-invasive drug testing technologies across safety-critical, government, and law enforcement sectors.
