News Directory
Keep up to date with MTPConnect news and events, updated regularly. If you have news or events the sector would be interested to hear about, please let us know at media@mtpconnect.org.au.
News
21 February 2019
MTPConnect Launches Podcast Series
We are excited to reveal what’s been brewing at MTPConnect – our podcast series!
18 February 2019
MTPConnect Welcomes Biomedical Translation Bridge Program Opportunity
The Federal Government’s announcement today that MTPConnect, in partnership with BioCurate, UniQuest and the Medical Device Partnering Program, will operate the $22.3 million Biomedical Translation Bridge program has been welcomed by the organisation’s CEO, Dr Dan Grant.
15 February 2019
In Case You Missed It: Here's what the MTPConnect team has been up to this week
Check out what MTPConnect has been up to this week!
14 February 2019
Sold Out: Packed CRC-P Information Sessions with AusIndustry’s Entrepreneur’s Programme and Accelerating Commercialisation Program
Coming off a successful CRC-P Information Session in Melbourne last year, MTPConnect once again partnered with AusIndustry, but this time delivering a national series of events.
12 February 2019
Asia Pacific MedTech Innovator Competition 2019
MTPConnect encourages all Australian medical device, diagnostic, or digital health startups are eligible to apply for the Asia Pacific MedTech Innovator Competition.
08 February 2019
The Actuator Welcomes its Third Cohort
Last week, The Actuator announced its third cohort of ventures into its Actuator Accelerator program for February 2019.
05 February 2019
In Case You Missed It: Here's what the MTPConnect team has been up too to start 2019
Check out all the latest activities from this past month!
15 January 2019
Show me the money: How MTPConnect links projects with industry-focused grants
By Dr Alfredo Martinez-Coll.
11 January 2019
Renewed backing for digital health commercialisation initiative
A novel program to drive commercialisation skills in the burgeoning digital health sector has received new funding from the Medical Technologies and Pharmaceuticals Growth Centre, MTPConnect.
04 January 2019
US MedTech Innovator Competition 2019
MTPConnect encourages all Australian medical device, diagnostic and digital health startups to apply for MedTech Innovator 2019. You could win your way to US$500,000 in prizes, so what are you waiting for? Hurry - applications close 25 January 2019!
21 December 2018
MTPConnect's Dr Dan Grant: A new future for medical research funding
Opinion piece by Dr Dan Grant published in Biotech Dispatch on December 20, 2018
21 December 2018
Steve Barsh’s Dreamit Ventures Opens Dreamit HealthTech
For all those that heard Steve speak while he was in Australia last month, you know the invaluable advice that he gave to entrepreneurs and start-ups about leveraging their businesses.
20 December 2018
Kevin Pfleger Joins MTPConnect in Western Australia
MTPConnect and our partners, the Western Australian State Government and the University of Western Australia, are pleased to announce the appointment of Associate Professor Kevin Pfleger as our Director Stakeholder Engagement for Western Australia.
17 December 2018
International collaboration to advance medical technologies and treatments for patients in Australia
Stem Cells Australia, the Canadian-based Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM) and CCRM Australia have agreed to collaborate to advance the field of regenerative medicine and cell and gene therapies in Australia, signing a three-way Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) following the recent AusBiotech National Conference in Brisbane, Australia.
14 December 2018
In Case You Missed It: Here's what the MTPConnect team has been up to this week
Check out our activities from this week!