EATRIS

What EATRIS does

EATRIS ERIC is a non-profit European Research Infrastructure Consortium for translational medicine, established by Commission Implementing Decision 2013/640/EU on 7 November 2013, with headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It functions as a single point of access to expertise and facilities from over 175 top-tier academic centres across 15 European countries (Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Türkiye), supporting the preclinical and early clinical development of drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics.

The offering is organised around five scientific technology platforms — ATMP (Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products), Biomarkers, Imaging & Tracing, Small Molecules, and Vaccines, Inflammation and Immune Monitoring — complemented by self-service resources such as Tracer Factory, the Innovation Helpdesk, the Innovation Management Toolbox, the Multi-omics Toolbox (MOTBX), the Orphan Drug Development Guidebook, the Patient Engagement Resource Centre, and a Regulatory Database. Service lines include Industry–Academia collaborations, support for funding applications, regulatory services, Health Technology Assessment, translational feasibility assessment, and education/training through the Transmed Academy. Quality is supported by ISO 9001, ISO 17025, and ISO 15189 accreditations across member nodes.

EATRIS's business model is that of a publicly-funded research infrastructure rather than a commercial vendor. Revenue is generated from (i) national government contributions from member countries, (ii) competitive EU project grants under programmes such as canSERV, REMEDi4ALL, ERDERA, PRECISEU, ERA4Health, EUCAIM, and EU-AMRI, and (iii) fee-for-service research activity whose proceeds are reinvested into the translational ecosystem. It serves four primary customer segments — Academia, Industry (biotech SMEs and pharmaceutical companies), Public Funding Agencies and Charities, and Policy Makers — through a mix of direct enterprise engagement, expert centres, and self-service tooling. Distribution is anchored in long-term strategic partnerships (notably with GlaxoSmithKline via an extended molecular imaging hub), EU project collaborations, and a network of national nodes.

Name

EATRIS

Legal name

EATRIS ERIC

Website

https://eatris.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

EATRIS ERIC is a non-profit European Research Infrastructure Consortium, headquartered in Amsterdam, that provides academia, biotech SMEs, pharmaceutical companies, public funders, and policy makers with single-point access to over 175 top-tier European academic centres for translational drug, vaccine, and diagnostic development.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Research Services: EATRIS provides a broad range of research services for both academia and industry. As a non-profit organisation, revenue generated is reinvested into supporting the translational research ecosystem. Services include industry-academia collaborations, regulatory services, innovation services, and education & training.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

EATRIS is the European infrastructure for translational medicine, providing access to expertise and facilities from over 175 top-tier academic centres across 15 European countries. It offers scientific platforms (ATMP, Biomarkers, Imaging & Tracing, Small Molecules, Vaccines/Inflammation/Immune Monitoring), specialized services (regulatory, innovation, industry-academia collaborations, funding application support, health technology assessment, translational feasibility assessment), and self-service resources for drug, vaccine, and diagnostic development.

Product overview

EATRIS is the European infrastructure for translational medicine, functioning as a non-profit research organization that provides access to resources and services from over 175 top-tier academic centres across Europe. The offering consists of five scientific technology platforms (ATMP, Biomarkers, Imaging and Tracing, Small Molecules, and Vaccines/Inflammation/Immune Monitoring) that enable preclinical and early clinical development of drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics. Supporting these platforms are self-service resources including the Tracer Factory, Innovation Helpdesk, Innovation Management Toolbox, Multi-omics Toolbox (MOTBX), Orphan Drug Development Guidebook (ODDG), Patient Engagement Resource Centre, and Regulatory Database. The organization also offers specialized services spanning industry-academia collaborations, funding application support, regulatory services, health technology assessment, and translational feasibility assessment, complemented by education and training through Transmed Academy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ATMP (Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products) Platform

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Translation TogethercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partnership for advancing translational medicine collaboration globally. EATRIS participates as a member of this international alliance of translational medicine organizations.
• EU-AMRIcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean Alliance of Research Infrastructures working together on shared objectives including translational medicine research coordination.
• NewFoundcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partnership focusing on rare disease research and development collaboration.
• GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) HubflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerEATRIS and GSK extended their collaboration for three additional years, with EATRIS managing the molecular imaging hub with GSK. This partnership supports industry-academia collaborations in translational research.
• European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases (EJP RD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEATRIS contributes to the mentoring programme for rare disease researchers, continued in the follow-on European Rare Diseases Research Alliance (ERDERA).
• ELIXIR LuxembourgcoreTechnology or IntegrationLCSB hosts the national node of ELIXIR, the European infrastructure for life science information, focusing on long-term sustainability of tools and data for translational medicine.
• Health-RI (Netherlands)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint initiative of Dutch nodes of EATRIS, ELIXIR, and BBMRI, along with Dutch university medical centres. Builds a National Health Research Infrastructure for personalised medicine.
• LuxinnovationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLuxembourg innovation agency empowering companies, supporting translational projects in Luxembourg's biomedical research sector.
• Research LuxembourgminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint initiative of main actors in Luxembourg public research, supporting translational projects and infrastructure development.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• ELIXIR: ERIC for biological data infrastructure coordinating life science data resources across Europe. Directly comparable as a sister ERIC within the EU research infrastructure ecosystem, and EATRIS already partners with ELIXIR Luxembourg for data sustainability.
• Euro-BioImaging ERIC: Pan-European research infrastructure offering open access to biological and medical imaging technologies. Overlaps directly with EATRIS's Imaging & Tracing Platform and competes/cooperates for translational imaging service contracts.
• ECRIN (European Clinical Research Infrastructure Network): ERIC-registered clinical trials infrastructure providing pan-European coordination of multinational clinical studies. Directly comparable as a fellow research infrastructure serving translational research across the EU with similar governance and funding model.
• ECRAID (European Clinical Research Alliance for Infectious Diseases): European clinical research network for infectious disease preparedness and response. Comparable as an EU-funded translational network targeting vaccine and therapeutic development, overlapping with EATRIS's VIIM Platform.
• BBMRI-ERIC: European biobanking research infrastructure providing access to biological samples and associated data. A fellow ERIC offering complementary translational infrastructure; EATRIS's Health-RI partnership already integrates BBMRI's Dutch node.
• INFRAFRONTIER: European research infrastructure for mammalian model organism phenotyping and archiving. A fellow ERIC serving preclinical translational research with similar governance structure and EU funding dependencies.

Broad incumbents

• Fraunhofer Society: Germany's largest applied research organization operating 76 institutes across multiple technology and life science domains. Comparable as a publicly-funded translational research infrastructure offering industry-facing contract research at much larger scale.
• Evotec SE: Global drug discovery and development CRO offering end-to-end services from target identification through clinical development. Comparable as a commercial alternative for biotech and pharma sponsors evaluating EATRIS for translational and early-development services.
• INSERM: France's national institute for health and medical research, operating translational research across all major therapeutic areas. Comparable as a large, publicly-funded translational research organization, though geographically focused on France.
• Charles River Laboratories: Global contract research organization offering preclinical and translational services including biomarker discovery, ATMP development support, and imaging services. Comparable as a commercial provider of overlapping capabilities EATRIS aggregates from academic partners.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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