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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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23 October 2023

WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub Spotlights 2023 With End Of Year Event

Join the WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub in celebrating the achievements of the WA health and medical life sciences community at its end-of-year event, 'Spotlight on 2023'.

20 October 2023

Team Australia Networks with LA Healthcare Market at The Medtech Conference

As thousands in the medical technology sector headed to Anaheim, California for The MedTech 2023 Conference, MTPConnect was making sure that companies joining the Australian delegation were given multiple opportunities to showcase their capabilities and make valuable US and international connections.

17 October 2023

CTCM Team Visits Awardee CathRx for Kick-Off Project Meeting

Our Clinical Translation and Commercialisation Medtech (CTCM) program team travelled to Sydney recently to visit Round 2 awardee CathRx Limited, a medical device company developing a pioneering pulsed field ablation system for treatment of Atrial Fibrillation, a widespread heart rhythm disorder that can lead to blood clots and strokes.

12 October 2023

Could our water be making medicine less effective?

A White Paper on minimising antimicrobial resistance in water has been released following a government and industry roundtable held in Canberra earlier this year, co-presented by the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, CSIRO, CRC-SAAFE, representatives from MTPConnect's Australian Antimicrobial Resistance Network and Shawview Consulting.

06 October 2023

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

Check out what MTPConnect got up to in September!

05 October 2023

ARIA Research Wins 2023 Australian Technologies Competition

The Overall Winner of 2023 Australian Technology Company of the Year Award was ARIA Research. The Sydney based startup also took out the top spot in the MTPConnect-sponsored Medtech and Pharma Award Category, announced at a recent event in Sydney.

27 September 2023

REDI Fellowship To Help Australians Breathe Easier

MTPConnect launched the Researcher Exchange and Development within Industry (REDI) Fellowship Program in 2020 and since then the program has gone from strength to strength. One good example to show how academia and industry have benefitted through the program is the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Medicine and Health – with no less than six academics from the faculty securing the highly sought after fellowships since the program began. Find out more.

25 September 2023

Early Stage Startups Can Apply to Join MedTech Actuator Origin!

MedTech Actuator Origin is an early-stage innovation program that turbocharges the development of emerging human health technologies and the across Australia and Asia-Pacific. Apply by 20 October for this in-person program, based in Melbourne.

19 September 2023

Announcing Australia's Delegation to The Medtech Conference in Anaheim

We are delighted to announce that 15 Australian companies and organisations are taking part in the Australian delegation to The MedTech Conference in Anaheim, California and will be profiling their products or services at the standout Australian Pavilion exhibit at the Anaheim Convention Center in early October.

18 September 2023

Join Adelaide Intermediary Program for SA Insights featuring Micro-X

Join MTPConnect's Adelaide team for an evening of insights into the world of medtech innovation at the upcoming SA Insights event featuring Micro-X on Thursday 26 October. This event offers a unique opportunity to delve deeply into the remarkable journey of Micro-X, a pioneering player in the medtech sector.

15 September 2023

New CTCM MedTech Projects Kick-Off with Visits

Recently, the Clinical Translation and Commercialisation MedTech (CTCM) Program team held the first face-to-face Kick-Off Meetings with five of the program’s new Round 2 Awardees: Medical Developments International Limited, VividWhite, Ventora Medical, 4DMedical, and VitalTrace.

12 September 2023

BellaSeno Reports Milestone for Resorbable Breast / Pectus Reconstruction Implants

BellaSeno reports positive one-year patient follow-up data for resorbable breast and pectus excavatum scaffolds - a key milestone for development of the German-Australian company's novel, resorbable breast / pectus reconstruction implants.

12 September 2023

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

Check out what MTPConnect got up to in August!

29 August 2023

New Report Reveals Investors Back Homegrown Future Medical Devices After MRFF Funding

As the second phase of the BioMedTech Horizons (BMTH) program moves to completion, a new report has captured the outcomes of the 38 innovations supported through the program. Launched in May 2017, the BMTH program is an initiative of the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) designed and delivered by MTPConnect to support early-stage medical device developments to move towards commercialisation.

28 August 2023

SABRE Alliance hosts Disruptive Biotechnology online workshop

The Department of Defence and the SABRE Alliance invite you to attend a Disruptive Biotechnology online workshop. Defence and the SABRE Alliance is seeking input from the Australian biotechnology sector and ADSUN members on emerging disruptive biotechnologies with Defence and National Security applications that could be realised in the next 5-15 years.