Tag: MedTech

Vic govt backs local medtech pioneer with $2m investment

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Breakthrough Victoria has invested $2 million in Cyban, a Melbourne-based medtech startup pioneering a way to monitor brain oxygen levels without invasive surgery. The investment through the state’s $2...

Superbugs loom in antimicrobial innovation gap

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Australia’s MedTech and Pharmaceutical industry growth centre MTPConnect is warning antimicrobial resistant ‘superbugs’ could cause 10,000 deaths annually by 2050 if immediate action to correct a research and development...

Australia’s path to disrupting global BioTech and MedTech

Posted on   |  by Dr Denis Bauer
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has ranked Australia 23rd in its list of innovative countries, but also shows that despite our secure and stable political environment...

$50m govt-funded BioMedTech incubator launches

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A $50 million MedTech incubator funded by the federal government’s Medical Research Future Fund is now open for expressions of interest. The CUREator+ BioMedTech incubator program, run by Brandon...

WA names finalists for $5m medtech challenge

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Western Australian government has named the 10 finalists that will compete in a $5 million digital health challenge that attracted almost 100 submissions from across the world. Jointly...

Biotech success starts with a precinct approach

Posted on   |  by Stuart Mason
Australia’s commercialisation woes have plagued the country for decades now.  Despite having world-leading research and tech entrepreneurs ready to bring it to the world, Australia has traditionally struggled to...

BioTech incubator awards $12m in grants

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Grants worth $12 million have been awarded through the federally-funded BioTech incubator CUREator to 19 projects across Australia. In the second round of funding, announced on Wednesday, $6 million...