Tag: MedTech

Ian Meredith: Charting a course to global markets

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia’s MedTech sector is a sleeping giant. National strengths in genomic medicine, digital health and precision medicine, along with lighthouses like Cochlear and a pipeline of promising startups, all...

Lauren Barber takes home Innovation Leadership Award

Posted on   |  by Stuart Mason
Clinical nurse turned entrepreneur Lauren Barber has won the Innovation Leadership Award at the InnovationAus 2024 Awards for Excellence for her pioneering work founding and developing MedTech startup NeedleCalm. ...

Navbit wins HealthTech gong for hip surgery tech

Posted on   |  by Stuart Mason
Sydney-based medtech startup Navbit Sprint has won the HealthTech category at the InnovationAus 2024 Awards for Excellence for its compact tech solution making hip replacements safer and cheaper.  The...

Vaxxas granted licence to develop new needle-free vaccine

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Brisbane-based vaccine patch company Vaxxas is developing the first room temperature-stable needleless vaccine for one of the world’s most common cold-like diseases, weeks after launching efforts to raise $100...

HealthTech needs an international roadmap for local success

Posted on   |  by Ben Constable
Just as a savvy startup founder would position her novel product offering against a market unmet need, confirmed with objective market data, so we in Australia’s healthcare innovation ecosystem...

Artrya’s AI tool detects heart disease in real time

Posted on   |  by Stuart Mason
Coronary artery disease is the number one cause of death around the world.  Despite its prevalence, current diagnostic methods and strategies for coronary artery disease (CAD) are often slow...

$55m in CRC-P grants for AI, hydrogen storage and MedTech

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Hydrogen storage, artificial intelligence and waste reduction are among the 23 projects to share in $55 million of funding through the the federal government’s Cooperative Research Centres project grants...

Navbit brings laser-like precision to hip surgery

Posted on   |  by Stuart Mason
Every year in Australia, more than 50,000 hip replacements are performed.  In the United States, this number is more than 500,000.  After these surgeries, post-operative dislocations are the second...

Harrison.ai’s new model beats GenAI giants

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Sydney-based Harrison.ai has launched a new AI model to help radiologists analyse and interpret their patients’ x-rays, proving twice as effective as major large language models. On Thursday, the...