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    About P3Dx

    P3Dx stands for Pandemic Preparedness through Pathogen Detection. The programme focuses on the development of fast, cost-efficient, and scalable methods for the detection of pathogens, in order to limit the spread of infectious diseases.

    To be prepared for a future pandemic, we need faster, more cost-efficient testing methods that can be deployed at scale. P3Dx therefore develops test innovations that improve development time, test quality, cost efficiency, and broad applicability. To support a strong infrastructure, P3Dx is also building an ecosystem.

    Several research institutes and innovative companies are working on new testing methods. P3Dx connects public and private partners and explores new applications for test innovations — for example in the medical sector, in environmental monitoring, and in the agri-food sector.

    P3Dx focuses on the following pillars

    • Prerequisites Clear prerequisites are needed for pandemic testing methods. P3Dx defines technical specifications and practical preconditions for implementation and accessibility.

    • Testinnovaties: Met marktpartijen zet P3Dx innovatietrajecten op voor de ontwikkeling van centrale en decentraletestinnovaties: een hoog volume pandemisch testlab en sneltesten.  

    • Ecosysteem: P3Dx zet een infrastructuur op waarin bedrijven en publieke partijen effectief samenwerken aan testinnovaties en de toepassing ervan bij pandemische dreiging en daarbuiten.

    Programme organisation

    P3Dx runs for three years. The programme is funded by the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. TNO has day-to-day responsibility for the programme and coordinates its activities.

    P3Dx's partners include academic and non-academic knowledge institutions, public health institutes, and industry. These are both established players and newcomers active in and around pathogen detection — in policy, science, or innovation. New participants can join throughout the duration of the programme.

    The P3Dx innovation programme consists of two phases:

    1. A formative phase (2023–2024) in which the innovation ecosystem is set up and the innovation agenda is worked out in detail.

    2. An execution phase (2024–2026) in which all partners work on the development and application of innovative testing methods across the different subprogrammes.

    Results will be shared as widely as possible, both within the Netherlands and internationally.

    P3Dx will connect to ongoing surveillance activities — such as wastewater surveillance — and to epidemiological monitoring of the spread and impact of pandemic infectious diseases in the population.