Kerrin Rennie Award Nominations Open

MTAA invites the Australian medical technology industry to participate in the 2017 Kerrin Rennie Award for Excellence in Medical Technology – Improving Quality of Life.

Any medical technology company based in or represented in Australia may enter a product launched in Australia between 1 January 2015 and 25 August 2017 and used in the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of disease or disability or improvement of quality of life. Entry is not limited to members of MTAA.

MedTech 2017 Annual Conference

MedTech2017 "The Value of Medical Technology to a Healthy Australia" will bring together the brightest and most informed speakers to help you better add value in this complex and changing landscape.

MedTech2017 will be held 1-2 November, 2017 at Doltone House, Jones Bay Wharf, Sydney.

Sponsor Australia's MedTech Conference of the year

Participating in MedTech 2017 as a sponsor will help to increase your brand awareness among key decision makers in the industry, and help to maintain and build new relationships with your target market.

Fill in our web form to get more details on Sponsorship opportunities available.

NHMRC Restructures Grant Funding Program

The CEO of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the Minister for Health last week announced long-awaited changes to the NHMRC’s grant funding program. This funding restructure follows a comprehensive structural review throughout 2016 by the Commonwealth and an Expert Advisory Group. Four new funding types will be established:

• Investigator grants
• Synergy grants
• Ideas grants
• Strategic and leveraging grants

 A full breakdown of the changes from the NHMRC can be found on the NHMRC website.

There Must be an Election in the Air?

Jody Fassina of Insight Strategy gives his thoughts on why an early federal election in
2018 is more likely than not.

 
"The 2017-18 Budget was certainly a significant one for health industry stakeholders, led by the pharmaceutical industry securing new and revised strategic agreements with government.

The Turnbull Government has sought to 'slay the demons' of the 2016 election where Labor's ‘Save Medicare’ campaign nearly cost it office.

Health minister Greg Hunt has worked assiduously with stakeholders to minimise health as a political ‘achilles heel' to help ensure the Turnbull government can go into the next election from a positon of strength rather than weakness.

This is why the 2017-18 Budget looks and feels like an election budget. The health policy announcements reflect this.

MTAA speaks to university students on the benefits of a MedTech career

On Thursday 18th May, MTAA CEO Ian Burgess presented the value of a career in MedTech to a group of Biomedical students at the Australian Catholic University. The idea of inviting industry based speakers is to broader the students understanding of the MedTech industry, its contribution, key skills, career pathways and professional development opportunities in the sector.

Is your career in the best of health?

Earn your Graduate Certificate in Regulatory Science online

Developed by industry experts, the University of Wollongong Graduate Certificate in Regulatory Science is a 12-month, online course that will give you the qualification you need to become a regulatory affairs specialist.  It’s the perfect health-kick for:

• Your career This course is perfect for those who want to broaden their scope for employment and gain the knowledge to advance and future-proof their regulatory affairs career.
• Public health By focusing on the entire product life cycle, this course will equip you with the skills to protect the health of the public, bring new products to market faster, and more efficiently managing regulatory affairs.
• The business Help navigate the complex regulatory environment to improve investment outcomes for your business by learning a quality management system approach to managing regulatory compliance.
   

Applications are now open. Course starts 24 July.