
The MTPConnect Podcast
The MTPConnect Podcast Series connects with the people and the issues behind Australia’s growing medical technologies, biotechnologies and pharmaceuticals sector.
Episodes
191 episodes
FDA to Z of Getting Your Product to the US
Jeff Gibbs is a Director at Hyman Phelps and McNamara – the largest law firm specialising in FDA issues, based in Washington DC. With four decades of FDA expertise he delivers crucial insights for medical technology companies aiming to crack th...
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Season 7
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Episode 191
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Tap into Medical Alley’s Academy Training
Medical Alley is a powerhouse in global healthcare innovation, connecting startups and Fortune 100 companies to transform healthcare solutions. Headquartered in Minnesota, it’s one of the world’s largest medtech clusters.At the 2024 MedT...
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Season 7
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Episode 190
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Ready to Export Your Medtech to Europe?
Dive into another episode coming to you from MTPConnect’s Development Workshop Series held recently in Sydney for 52 start-up organisations from around Australia. The 2-day program was a terrific opportunity for companies participating in our A...
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Season 7
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Episode 189
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Unlocking Intrinsic Value to Get Investor Ready
This episode is coming to you from MTPConnect’s Development Workshop Series held in Sydney for 52 start-up organisations from around Australia. The 2-day program was a terrific opportunity for companies participating in our Accelerator programs...
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Season 7
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Episode 188
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Exploring the Australian Stroke and Heart Accelerator’s High Potential Research Portfolio
The Australian Stroke and Heart Research Accelerator, established through MTPConnect’s Targeted Translation Research Accelerator for cardiovascular disease and diabetes on behalf the Medical Research Future Fund, is a research centre with a bol...
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Season 7
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Episode 187
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Heart and Soul: Dr Daniel Timms on Creating the First Successful Total Artificial Heart
We meet Dr Daniel Timms, the Australian biomechanical engineer behind BiVACOR who has dedicated his life to developing a titanium Total Artificial Heart (TAH) to restore the lives of people with end-stage heart failure, a disease that impacted ...
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Season 6
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Episode 186
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How the UK’s Subscription-Style Model is Improving Access to Much-Needed Antibiotics
As World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week (WAAW) kicked off around the globe, the Australian Antimicrobial Resistance Network (AAMRNet) was meeting in Canberra to explore how Australia can better support the development of and access to ...
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Season 6
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Episode 185
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New Approaches to Fighting Superbugs – Backing New Treatments and Better Access for Patients with Drug Resistant Infections
It’s World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week (WAAW) and the theme is "Educate. Advocate. Act now". It’s a yearly global campaign, raising awareness of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and promoting ways to reduce the spread of drug-resistan...
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Season 6
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Episode 184
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31:20

Medtech Matters: Australia’s medtech delegation hits North America
As thousands in the medical technology sector headed to Toronto, Canada for The MedTech 2024 Conference, MTPConnect was making sure that the 18 companies and organisations joining the Australian delegation were given opportunities to showcase t...
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Season 6
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Episode 183
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33:51

TTRA Information Session: Funding call for Drugs and Devices Addressing Cardiovascular Disease and Complications of Diabetes
In July 2024, MTPConnect was selected to deliver a new $28.5 million investment for Drugs and Devices, which builds on the legacy of the inaugural TTRA program.The objective of TTRA Drugs and Devices is to accelerate development and com...
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Season 6
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Episode 182
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Omico: Using Genomics to Accelerate Access to Next Generation Cancer Treatments
Omico is leading Australia’s largest cancer genomics initiative –giving 23,000 Australians nationwide with advanced or incurable cancers, access to genomic profiling to detect unique genetic variations in...
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Season 6
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Episode 181
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39:38

Biocom California's Mission to Connect Down Under
Biocom California is the US state’s advocate for the life sciences industry with a network of over 1700 members. With offices located in San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, Washingto...
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Season 6
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Episode 180
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40:15

BIO Bites: Making Global Connections and Collaborations at BIO 2024 (Part 3)
Back in June, MTPConnect led the Australian delegation at BIO 2024 in San Diego organising a range of activities to showcase Australia’s innovative life sciences sec...
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Season 6
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Episode 179
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48:15

BIO Bites: Doing Business at BIO 2024 (Part 2)
Back in June, MTPConnect led the Australian delegation at BIO 2024 in San Diego organising a range of activities to showcase Australia’s innovative life sciences sector to the international biotech industry. With a powerful #TeamAustralia focus...
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Season 6
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Episode 178
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53:17

Australian Centre for Accelerating Diabetes Innovations launches groundbreaking virtual emergency department diabetes service
Diabetes affects one in 20 people. An important initiative to set up a ‘virtual’ emergency department designed for people living with diabetes has launched in Melbourne, Victoria during National Diabetes Week, with the aim of preventing unneces...
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Season 6
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Episode 177
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34:45

BIO Bites: How AI can boost Australia’s biomedical sector
ARM Hub is a technology adoption hub based in Brisbane, with a focus on robotics, AI and design for manufacture for biomedical, energy and defence industries.The not for profit was recently appointed as one of four AI Adopt Centres by th...
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Season 6
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Episode 176
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20:36

VitalTrace: Revolutionising Childbirth Monitoring to Keep Mothers and Babies Safe
The Clinical Translation and Commercialisation Medtech (CTCM) program aims to boost commercialisation of home-grown medical products. It is delivered by MTPConnect on behalf of the Medic...
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Season 6
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Episode 175
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17:41

The Challenge: A $5 Million Competition to Reimagine Health Care in Western Australia’s Pilbara Region
Back in 2022, the Government of Western Australia issued a global challenge for a world-leading medical research and innovation solution to resolve a pressing problem of health service delivery in the remote Pilbara region.Ten pr...
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Season 6
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Episode 174
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32:11

Australian Stroke and Heart Research Accelerator – driving clinical impact and entrepreneurship
The Australian Stroke & Heart Research Accelerator (ASHRA) was established in early 2022 as part of the Targeted Translation Research Accelerator – a program delivered by MTPConnect for the Medical Res...
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Season 6
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Episode 173
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41:47

From Mines to Medicines - Australia Poised for a Radiopharmaceuticals Revolution
Radiopharmaceuticals are precision nuclear medicines used for medical imaging and treatment that allow doctors to diagnose and deliver targeted therapies for diseases such as cancer. A new discussion paper from MTPConnect, ‘
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Season 6
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Episode 172
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1:58:43

Argenica Therapeutics Trials New Treatment to Protect the Brain after a Stroke
Perth- based biotech Argenica Therapeutics is developing therapies to treat stroke and other neurological conditions. A new neuroprotective peptide treatment is now being tested for ischaemic stroke patients presenting to emergency departments ...
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Season 6
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Episode 171
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37:14

SA Insights: Funding Programs that Drive Australia's Healthtech Innovations
Innovators have told us that funding is important but difficult to navigate. The Australian Government is committed to investing billions of dollars into medical research and industry growth, cultivating a culture of translation and improving h...
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Season 6
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Episode 170
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CTCM Connects Medtech Trailblazers
MTPConnect’s Clinical Translation and Commercialisation Medtech (CTCM) program held its first annual Symposium in Sydney recently, bringing together all 11 companies from around Australia who are recipients of CTCM funding to develop new medica...
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Season 6
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Episode 169
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41:35

REDI and GSK Australia’s Graduate Researcher Program is Bridging Research and Industry – Part 2
The GSK Australia Graduate Researcher Program (GRP) is a 12-month work placement program for PhD graduates supported by MTPConnect's Researcher Exchange and Development within Industry (REDI) initiative showcasing opportunities in the pharmaceu...
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Season 5
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Episode 168
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51:57

REDI and GSK Australia’s Graduate Researcher Program is Bridging Research and Industry – Part 1
The GSK Australia Graduate Researcher Program (GRP) is a 12-month work placement program for PhD graduates supported by MTPConnect's Researcher Exchange and Development within Industry (REDI) initiative showcasing opportunities in the pharmaceu...
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Season 5
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Episode 167
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46:49
