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PODCAST

The MTPConnect Podcast

The MTPConnect Podcast Series connects with the people and the issues behind Australia’s growing medical technologies, biotechnologies and pharmaceuticals sector.

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32:52

Raising Capital with MTPConnect and Wholesale Investor

The MTPConnect Podcast ·

2025/11/20

Are you developing a medical science innovation and need funding for your venture? MTPConnect and Wholesale Investor are collaborating on a dedicated capital engagement program designed for life science companies looking for private investment. Wholesale Investor Co-Founder and Managing Director Steve Torso is behind one of the largest capital raising platforms in Australia, and he joins the podcast to talk about how the MTPConnect Investor Ready program can help life science comp...

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38:52

Real Brain Technology is Powering Up Drug Discovery...

The MTPConnect Podcast ·

2025/11/07

Tessara Therapeutics, a pioneering biotech start-up based in Melbourne, has developed a platform which creates 3D human brain models using stem cells. Its RealBrain technology generates reproducible, scalable micro-tissues that mimic the complexity of the human brain. Ready to accelerate neural drug discovery – without using animal models. From working with CSIRO’s Kickstart program, receiving a CRC-P grant with Xylo Bio, and the University of Sydney to develop neuroplastogens to resear...

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50:26

Showcasing Victoria’s Innovative Medtech Manufacturers

The MTPConnect Podcast ·

2025/10/30

One of the challenges we face in Australia is getting more homegrown medtech products purchased and used by local hospitals and health services. MTPConnect’s Pathway to Market – Medtech Capability Uplift Program has been supporting ten market-ready Victorian medtech manufacturers to position themselves competitively for local health procurement opportunities. The recent Australian Medtech Manufacturing Alliance (AMMA) Medtech Showcase profiled Victorian-made products and innovatio...

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38:15

Introducing Western Australia’s New Chief Scientist...

The MTPConnect Podcast ·

2025/09/19

Professor Sharath Sriram was recently appointed as the new Chief Scientist of WA, providing independent, expert advice to the WA Government on topics important to the future of science and technology in the State. At our WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub’s Spotlight event he joined MTPConnect’s Dr Tracey Wilkinson for a fireside chat sharing his vision for science and technology in WA, his ambitions for the three years ahead, and insights from his first few months in the role. Accomplished nano...

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50:00

Why Space Matters for Advancing Life Sciences Research

The MTPConnect Podcast ·

2025/09/05

To mark our 200th episode, we are taking you into Space to discover the benefits of microgravity for health and medical research and its real-world applications. Can we use space technology to advance medical discoveries to improve health here on earth? And should we be doing more to connect our life science sector innovators into Australia’s space research sector? We meet leading Australian superstars working at the intersection of space and health technologies at MTPConnect SA’s Insights Se...

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25:14

Bio Bites: Doing Business in Boston

The MTPConnect Podcast ·

2025/08/04

As the world’s largest biotech partnering event took place in Boston in June, MTPConnect was there introducing an Australian delegation to the Boston ecosystem, hosting business events to drive international collaborations and leading the Australian Pavilion to highlight Australia's fast-growing life sciences sector to the international biotech industry. Our CEO Stuart Dignam was on the ground to find out why people are making the trip to BIO and what the buzz is all about. In this epis...

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42:53

Fast, Fearless and Future - Showcasing Research...

The MTPConnect Podcast ·

2025/07/30

Queensland Health is one of the largest employers in the state with some 130,000 full-time employees, geographically dispersed with 16 hospitals and health services across the country. The Office of Research and Innovation (ORI) hosts the ‘Queensland Health Research Excellence Showcase’ to celebrate how translating research into practice is advancing medical research, workforce development and healthcare. The Showcase’s theme - Fast, Fearless and Future – is a unique opportunity f...

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39:50

Laronix Breakthrough Smart Wearable Voicebox is...

The MTPConnect Podcast ·

2025/06/30

Medical device innovator Laronix aims to give people who have had their larynx removed due to laryngeal cancer, their voice back. And not a robotic voice, but a natural sounding voice for both men and women where even laughing and singing is possible. The pioneering company has worked with speech pathologists and surgeons around the world to develop the world’s first smart, wearable (non-invasive), electronic voice box - the first new voice technology in forty years! It uses the power of AI a...

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17:01

Nurturing your Clinical Innovation with AUSCEP

The MTPConnect Podcast ·

2025/06/18

In a special series dedicated to the Australian Clinical Entrepreneur Program (AUSCEP) we introduce you to some of the passionate health professionals taking part in this 12-month program to develop their innovative ideas into products and enterprises. Ibrahim Samaan is a senior physiotherapist and Managing Director of Purifas, an award-winning company developing and manufacturing clinically proven hygienic products for allied healthcare - like its FaceShield - now available in Australia, New...

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18:57

Nurturing your Clinical Innovation with AUSCEP

The MTPConnect Podcast ·

2025/06/05

In a special series dedicated to the Australian Clinical Entrepreneur Program (AUSCEP) we introduce you to some of the passionate health professionals taking part in this 12-month program to develop their innovative ideas into products and enterprises. Dr Monica Hadges is a Clinical Educator and Mental Health Therapist and founder of Mi Team Mental Health. Monica’s digital health innovation, I-CiE Mi Team, is an app for client involved e-collaboration giving consumers and families easy access...

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21:54

Nurturing your Clinical Innovation with AUSCEP

The MTPConnect Podcast ·

2025/05/29

In a special series dedicated to the Australian Clinical Entrepreneur Program (AUSCEP) we introduce you to some of the passionate health professionals taking part in this 12-month program to develop their innovative ideas into products and enterprises. Dr Yagiz Aksoy is a Resident Doctor at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney and co-founder and Director of EosGene Therapeutics, a startup developing a pioneering light-activated gene therapy for diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration us...

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15:34

Nurturing your Clinical Innovation with AUSCEP

The MTPConnect Podcast ·

2025/05/23

Send us a text In a special series dedicated to the Australian Clinical Entrepreneur Program (AUSCEP) we introduce you to some of the passionate health professionals taking part in this 12-month program to develop their innovative ideas into products and enterprises. Elleesha King is a registered nurse and ambulance paramedic, and founder of Pulsatile Innovations, a start-up developing a medical device called Pulse Tile™ to reduce delays to CPR and defibrillation. She takes us on the jo...

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36:38

Profile Media: Telling Your Start-Up Story

The MTPConnect Podcast ·

2025/04/29

From scientific breakthrough to compelling headline - how do medtech and biotech start-ups developing new medical products tell their stories to attract investors, partners and public attention? Profile Media hosted a development workshop for a group of medtech startups through MTPConnect’s Clinical Translation and Commercialisation Medtech accelerator program…helping innovation companies develop a story that goes beyond complex science and is relatable to mainstream media and investors. ...

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33:40

FDA to Z of Getting Your Product to the US

The MTPConnect Podcast ·

2025/04/10

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 the US market. Peaking to the podcast during his national tour for the MTPConnect seminar series, this US-based regulatory veteran shares his strategic tips on the FDA submission process, and discusses the dramatically shifting FDA landscape that could ma...

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22:43

Tap into Medical Alley’s Academy Training

The MTPConnect Podcast ·

2025/03/23

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 MedTech Conference in Canada, MTPConnect and Medical Alley renewed an MOU to strengthen collaboration and support for Australian medtech companies looking to expand internationally. Now, Medical Alley is launching a game-changing online training program, Medical ...

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20:19

Ready to Export Your Medtech to Europe?

The MTPConnect Podcast ·

2025/03/06

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 Accelerator programs to get ‘investor ready’. Exportia Australia’s Christelle Damiens, an entrepreneur and award-winning author, shared her insights in the workshop “Accessing Global Markets”. Christelle is described as the go-to person for Australian co...

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22:29

Unlocking Intrinsic Value to Get Investor Ready

The MTPConnect Podcast ·

2025/02/19

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 to get ‘investor ready’. Advisory firm Intrinsika’s workshop, ‘Finding Your Intrinsic Value’, focused on how to reframe a company’s value beyond the financials, by identifying and maximising unique assets and pitching this value to investors. In...

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34:42

Exploring the Australian Stroke and Heart...

The MTPConnect Podcast ·

2025/02/12

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 bold vision to deliver new health outcomes in coronary artery disease, heart failure and stroke. Through clinical impact and entrepreneurship, an Australian wide network of academics, institutions, and industry partners are driving a high potential researc...

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36:53

Heart and Soul: Dr Daniel Timms on Creating the First...

The MTPConnect Podcast ·

2024/12/10

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 his own family.It’s a 25-year quest that has taken him from a PhD at QUT, developing the device with his father in his parent’s kitchen in Queensland, to collaborating with experts around the world and expanding operations to the US on his mission to sa...

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17:05

How the UK’s Subscription-Style Model is Improving...

The MTPConnect Podcast ·

2024/11/27

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 new antimicrobial technologies. Key clinicians, researchers, industry and government representatives gathered to discuss how a subscription-style funding model for new antimicrobials might be adapted to be fit-for-purpose in Australia.It’s an idea ...

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