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.

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31 May 2021

Join our June WA MTP Sector Spotlight Series Event

Our next Perth-based event, set for 30 June, will feature a double act with Dr Simon Graindorge, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, IP Group Australia (and OncoRes Medical's COO) and Epichem’s CEO and Managing Director Colin LeGalia

28 May 2021

Industry Genomics Network Alliance Launches Strategic Plan

Industry leaders are collaborating through the Industry Genomics Network Alliance (InGeNA) to quantify the benefits of genomics to Australia and point to a future where precision healthcare is accessible to all.

27 May 2021

REDI initiative awards contracts to Biointelect and Cicada Innovations for workforce skills gap training and education

MTPConnect today announced its selection of additional industry training providers to deliver new programs addressing key skills gaps in product development and commercialisation in the medical technology, biotechnology and pharmaceutical (MTP) sector workforce.

24 May 2021

Join Our WA MTP Sector Spotlight Series Event with Resonance Health

The MTPConnect WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub is hosting the next MTP Sector Spotlight Series event in Perth this week to shine a light on Resonance Health, a global healthcare company based in WA, specialising in the development and delivery of non-invasive medical imaging software and analysis services to address liver disease.

20 May 2021

New Report: Australia’s Clinical Trials Sector Shows Healthy Growth

MTPConnect today marks International Clinical Trials Day 2021 with the release of a new report that reveals the size and scope of Australia’s clinical trials sector and opportunities for future growth.

14 May 2021

REDI News: APR.Intern Helps Genepath with PhD Internship to Fast Track Research

An innovative start-up has collaborated with The University of New South Wales (UNSW) to fast-track commercialisation of new genetic testing technology.

14 May 2021

GSK Australia spring boarding graduate careers with new REDI-supported Graduate Researcher Program

GSK Australia is helping to bridge the skills gap between academia and the pharmaceutical industry, through its new three-year program for PhD graduates supported by REDI.

13 May 2021

New Funding to Support Medical Products Manufacturing in WA

MTPConnect today launched a new voucher program to boost medical products manufacturing in Western Australia.

12 May 2021

First REDI Fellowships Awarded to Boost Medical Research Commercialisation Capabilities

MTPConnect is pleased to announce that researchers in South Australia and Queensland have been selected as the first two fellows from the REDI (Researcher Exchange and Development within Industry) Fellowship Program.

08 May 2021

In Case You Missed It: Here's What The MTPConnect Team Has Been Up To in April

Find out what the MTPConnect Team has been up to in April...

03 May 2021

Please welcome our new intern Meghana Kulkarni

Today we are delighted to announce that Meghana Kulkarni is taking up a 2 month internship at MTPConnect as Associate Project Manager across our Biomedical Translation Bridge (BTB) and the Targeted Translation Research Accelerator (TTRA) programs, based in Melbourne.

27 April 2021

Join us in May for the launch of our latest report ‘Clinical Trials in Australia’

To mark International Clinical Trials Day, MTPConnect is launching an update to the Clinical Trials in Australia report with an event to coincide with ACTA’s Clinical Trials 2021: National Tribute and Award Ceremony in Melbourne.

26 April 2021

Accelerate your Health Innovation and enter the 2021 Australian Technologies Competition

The 2021 Australian Technologies Competition is now open, calling for scaleups with global potential to showcase technology that solves the challenges of our times – health, supply chains, food security, climate change, energy, emergencies and more.

22 April 2021

Antimicrobial resistance – today’s silent pandemic and AAMRNet’s bold call

MTPConnect has appeared before a parliamentary inquiry to highlight the challenges posed to human health by increasing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the lack of new antimicrobials coming through the research and development pipeline.

15 April 2021

Become the Next Guest of the Chair

Are you ready to gain Board-level experience in the MTP sector? MTPConnect are seeking our next Guest of the Chair to take up a 12 month appointment.