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
30 June 2022
Introducing Jo Glew - Project Officer, Diagnostics Industry Engagement
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Jo Glew as the Project Officer, Diagnostics Industry Engagement team, based in Perth.
29 June 2022
Health Horizon LIVE Feeds now tracking BMTH and WA Innovations
If you want to keep on top of medtech, pharmaceutical and digital health (MTP) innovation projects, Health Horizon Projects Tracker live feeds allow you to do just this. This new tracking feature is now on our website for you to follow the progress of BioMedTech Horizons-funded (BMTH) projects and all Western Australia-based MTP projects.
15 June 2022
Call out for entries to the Australian Technologies Competition
The Australian Technologies Competition is an internationally recognised national awards and international growth support program for technology scaleups. Entries for the Healthtech award category close 4 July 2022!
14 June 2022
REDI Investor Workshops – Demystifying Investing in Healthtech
MTPConnect’s Researcher Exchange and Development Within Industry (REDI) Initiative is running a series of three Investor Workshops to demystify investing in the healthtech sector.
10 June 2022
CSIRO Contributes $1M to REDI Fellowship Program
We are delighted to announce that Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, is contributing $1 million to support the popular REDI Fellowship program.
10 June 2022
MTPConnect Heads to BIO 2022 to Help Re-introduce Australia’s Biotech and Pharma Capabilities to the World
A team from MTPConnect is heading to San Diego, California for the 2022 Biotechnology Innovation Organisation (BIO) International Convention. MTPConnect Chair Sue MacLeman, CEO Stuart Dignam and Director Stakeholder Engagement for Western Australia Dr Tracey Wilkinson will be on the ground working with Australian companies and international sector leaders, promoting Australia at key events and attending a series of meetings.
09 June 2022
In Case You Missed It: Here’s What The MTPConnect Team Has Been Up To in May
Check out what MTPConnect got up to in May!
08 June 2022
Building Better Futures for Health Challenge 2022 – Applications Now Open
Do you have an idea for a healthcare product or medical technology that can improve and change people’s lives? Entrepreneurs, startups, researchers and industry professionals worldwide are invited to apply for the Building Better Futures for Health (BBFH) Challenge to win up to $30,000 in IDE Group services.
07 June 2022
Takeda Research Incubation Program 2022 Invites Research Proposals
Takeda Pharmaceuticals is inviting Australian start-up companies, academia, institution and innovators to submit research proposals for commercially viable healthcare solutions in neurological and neuromuscular disorders areas. This is a new grant call launched by Takeda and Shonan Health Innovation Park aiming to create new opportunities for industry-academia collaboration with researchers in Australia and pharmaceutical companies in Japan.
03 June 2022
New Film about the TTRA Research Centres launches at 82nd American Diabetes Association conference
Recently the TTRA program’s team and the two TTRA Research Centres - ACADI (link) and ASHRA (link) - were invited to be involved in the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) Thought Leadership Film series. The film is one of only 10 groups being showcased at the 82nd American Diabetes Association conference held this year in New Orleans US.
03 June 2022
BMTH News: Seer Unveils Seizure Risk Forecast Technology
The future of epilepsy management is here! Important news was announced this week for the 250,000 Australians living with epilepsy, with the release of Seer’s seizure risk forecasting technology.
01 June 2022
Seeking Healthtech Companies Ready for US Market Expansion
Austrade's BioBridge program with the Texas Medical Centre in Houston US, provides pathways for Australian digital health and medical device companies. Apply to the Healthcare Activator now before 10 June 2022!
01 June 2022
DMTC Seeks Collaborative Project Proposals in Medical Countermeasures
Health Security Systems Australia (HSSA), a division of DMTC, is currently seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) for collaborative project proposals focused on the following priority themes - anti-infective therapeutics, vaccine products or platform technologies for infectious disease threats and medical countermeasures against chemical threats.
01 June 2022
Introducing Dr Dharmica Mistry - Director Diagnostics Industry Engagement
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Dharmica Mistry as the Director Diagnostics Industry Engagement, based in Sydney.
31 May 2022
TTRA News - ACADI launches to unite in the fight against diabetes complications
The newly established Australian Centre for Accelerating Diabetes Innovations (ACADI) led by Associate Professor Elif Ekinci from the University of Melbourne aimed at improving the lives of people living with diabetes, has been officially launched.