The HealthTech Activator (HTA) has had a busy February as we welcome a new cohort of companies into our in-depth sprint workshop programme running from February-June – it’s an exciting time for all involved, and if you missed it you can read more about the in-depth workshops and wider market validation programmein the HTA January blog.
In this edition of the HTA Monthly Wrap, we share a blog post from the Johner Institute on regulatory considerations for software – a hot topic in a rapidly growing sector. The HTA is also hosting a software regulatory tutorial in April, and you can find the event link below along with links to three other upcoming HTA events. You can alsoview all events on the HTA website.
In other sector news over the past month, Formus Lab’s capital raise received wide coverage as they work toward international commercialisation, and NZ gets a machine for local mRNA vaccine development. On the event side – after a successful virtual MedCan Summit, Digital Health Week is coming up in March with a virtual format planned.
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Regulatory considerations for software as a medical device
Annett Arndt, Johner Institute New Zealand
The market for IT solutions in the healthcare sector is booming, and the enormous growth is sparking regulatory authorities into action. In this month’s blog, Annett Arndt of the Johner Institute writes about why authorities will soon be paying closer attention to software as a medical device (SaMD), and what SaMD manufacturers should be doing now.
All planned in-person events may be moved online due to COVID-19.
HTA capital planning workshop (online)
2 March, Zoom
Presented by Tim McCready of BioPacific Partners, this programme is tailored for the specific challenges of capital raising faced by healthtech companies. We encourage those early to mid stage healthtech companies seeking to raise capital for the first time outside their immediate contacts to attend.
Know your customer and your market workshops (in-person)
15-16 March, Auckland & 12-13 April, Christchurch
This workshop series is run by Dan Hansen and Will Perry from Apagie, who use their cross-industry experience to give companies the right processes and perspectives for successfully commercialising their health technology. It is aimed at early stage healthtech companies, or healthtech companies that would like to have a fresh look at their market and how they have validated it to date.
Regulations and QMS for software as a medical device (online tutorial)
29 March, Zoom
The next online HTA interactive regulatory tutorial is ideal for businesses starting new healthtech software development projects, as well as for companies offering services such as development or testing to healthtech companies.
