Posted on: 07/04/2026

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

Save these dates for MTPConnect’s premier activities at this year’s BIO international Convention 2026 in San Diego from 18-25 June 2026

Take the opportunity to showcase your Life Sciences organisation by sponsoring a Team Australia activity at BIO 2026 – download the Sponsorship Prospectus

Listen to our latest  MTPConnect Podcast episode  with Misti Founder and CEO Dr Anushi Rajapaksa talking about developing a world first smart inhaler for respiratory therapeutics!

We closed our TTRA Devices Round 2 investment opportunity, providing up to $1 million to help eligible Australian start-ups, spin-outs and SMEs develop innovative preventative, diagnostic, therapeutic and/or disease management devices for cardiovascular disease and the complications of diabetes (type 1 and type 2).

We announced the medtech companies selected for MTPConnect’s 2026 Pathway to Market Program – and these companies took part in our recent  Medtech Selling to Health Masterclass  highlighting procurement journey challenges

Join the  AMMA Medtech Showcase 2026  on 7 May 2026 at Aerial, South Wharf, Melbourne, send us your Exhibitor EOI –  extended 

Read MTPConnect’s response  to the Government’s Strategic Examination of Research and Development report

Find out about our recent visit to China  with Boson Ventures to build connections with the Life Sciences Sector, and our CEO Stuart Dignam joined a panel session  at BIO CHINA

We had a great turnout for our March SA Insights event exploring how South Australia’s innovation infrastructure is helping to accelerate research translation and industry collaboration, held at Adelaide University’s Institute for Phonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) with Australian National Fabrication Facility – Optofab Node.

Our Industry Growth Program (IGP) Networking Breakfast series, Translating Science to Success, wrapped up in Melbourne with a great turnout and a thought-provoking keynote from Lindo Group CEO Robert Gangi about the journey to securing an IGP grant from the Australian Government.

Register to join us at our next WAGES event,  Commercialisation Grant Development Workshop on 22 April 2026 in Perth. We also had a full house at our March WAGES workshop.

We are seeking experienced researchers to join our WA Grant Excellence Service  (WAGES) as  Expert Peer Reviewers – help to strengthen the Western Australian health and medical sector and receive an honorarium – register your interest!

Check out our latest case study revealing how VitalTrace is revolutionising foetal monitoring to keep mothers and babies safe,  with funding and support through MTPConnect’s Clinical Translation and Commercialisation Medtech (CTCM) program to further advance its technology through clinical testing.

The CTCM team with Dr Lee Hubble, Celine Royet, and Dr Julian Shapley with the prototype DelivAssure™ device at VitalTrace’s facility in Perth.

Find out how we support startups and SMES through our latest video – Innovation to Impact Stories – from MTPConnect’s CTCM and TTRA accelerator programs

Want to find out more about how our accelerator is making an impact on medtech innovations – read our latest report “Driving Australian Medtech Innovation Forward”.

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