Industry and academia converge to upgrade public health innovationaus.com/industry-and-a…

NEW PODCAST: [email protected] is an inclusive start-up developing a bionic device to deliver a sense of vision via sound for people who are blind. Hear about its new human augmentation research lab in Sydney, & clinical trial supported by our CTCM program! bit.ly/4416u66

It's been a pleasure working with the Medical Technology Association of Australia team and seeing the true patient-centric attitudes of their member companies. The sector brings a lot to the Australian economy, but more for Australian patients.

Canberra is cold, but it sure is pretty on a sunny Winter day.

I met someone yesterday IRL who I'd only ever spoken to virtually, and they said: "Oh, you've lost a lot of weight!" Given I've been my current weight +/- about 3% for more than a decade, I guess the camera really does add 10 pounds.

In our June newsletter check out our BIO Boston events, Medical Technology Association of Australia Value of Medtech report, podcasts with CTCM projects Aria & navi, Australian Technologies Competition (ATC) news, Industry Fellowships Program- Bridge & BridgeTech Industry Fellowships announced, WA & SA events, REDI training, case studies & more bit.ly/3F3PTmz

Monday morning vibes: open.spotify.com/album/30MSPzoW…

FDA and EMA chief medical officers don’t expect ChatGPT to help with pharma reviews - endpts.com/fda-and-ema-ch…

J&J's 'Illustrate Change' campaign pushes for ethnic diversity among medical illustrations - endpts.com/jjs-illustrate…

This article is behind a paywall, but this is what MTPConnect does... SMEs need ‘matchmaker’ service to access R&D: Victorian Chamber innovationaus.com/smes-need-matc…

The 2024 Australian Centre Accelerating Diabetes Innovation research grants are now open for applications! Lauren Eve Kelly E Mana Liao Duncan Stuart Dignam

Tasmanian devil cancer vaccine approved for testing nature.com/articles/d4158…

Duncan One of the papers leading to the current vaccine. microbiologyresearch.org/content/journa…

Our CEO & Chair Hon Hon. Jaala Pulford were delighted to visit Neo Bionica CEO Dr Ludovic Labat. Great hearing about their work taking medtech ideas into clinical reality through advanced engineering & manufacturing, especially their work w Nirtek, backed by our TTRA program!

Our Chair Hon. Jaala Pulford gave a keynote today at the Westmead Health & Innovation District Reunion Mini-Conference about "Bridging Biomedical Skills Gaps – Why it Matters!" & how our REDI training programs are making a difference - for 2,000 participants in NSW MTP ecosystem!

Great to visit the Ab Initio Pharma team who have set up a very busy GMP manufacturing facility for pharma R&D & supplying early stage clinical trial products. Supported by our Growth Centre funding.

Privileged to be at the launch of PrOSPeCT, led by Omico Australia. Chair, Paul Jeans, highlights the national nature of the program.

#EXCLUSIVE: It's the Australian invention that's set to revolutionise how people who are blind view the world. The non-invasive Aria research glasses use artificial intelligence to turn images into sound. Eddy Meyer #9News

From an article in The The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand by Dr. Jarryd Daymond: "Projects won’t succeed without skilled workers, strong research backing, and easy access to suppliers and customers." It relates to the NRF, but is much more broadly applicable.