Artificial intelligence and virtual reality startups are among the new cohort of a Victorian government-backed digital health accelerator, as the sector becomes a bigger part of the state’s innovation...
Hospitals could save up to $5.4 billion a year by making better use of electronic medical records, including the My Health Record if the government fixes “important gaps”, according...
A new National Health and Medical Research Strategy will be developed by the federal government as it commits $19 million to streamline regulatory processes through a ‘National One Stop...
The federal government has extended the life of the Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre to ensure its R&D program can reach translation and commercialisation stages, but has committed no...
A new biomedical incubator run by Cicada Innovations has opened in New South Wales, offering a workspace and support services for research projects, pre-revenue startups, and established businesses. The...
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...
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...
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...
The federal government is being urged to establish a new fund to support the commercialisation of diagnostics manufacturing in Australia to reduce dependence on US and European supply chains...
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...