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Latest in NZ Healthtech - The HTA Monthly Wrap

Kia ora from Callaghan Innovation,

Welcome to the November 2022 edition of the HealthTech Activator (HTA) Monthly Wrap.

 

In this month’s HTA blog we discuss Callaghan Innovation’s wider product portfolio, focusing on how the Tech Incubator programme is proving a success with startups developing tech with human health applications. 

 

The HTA is running a new webinar covering Global Trends in Health Technology Assessment on December 9th. There are only a few spaces left for this event, you can read more and register below. We look forward to seeing you online!

 

You can always find all upcoming events on the HTA website, the first 2023 events will be in March and will be advertised on the website from December.

 

Read on for links to sector news from the past month, and if you have any comments or suggestions to improve our newsletter, we would love to hear from you! As always, thanks for subscribing to the HTA. 

     

HTA news

Supporting Healthtech Success: Callaghan Innovation and Tech Incubators

HTA Team

Apart from the HTA, Callaghan Innovation has several products and services that are relevant to healthtech companies looking for support on their journey. In this month’s blog, the HTA team introduces Callaghan Innovation’s wider product portfolio and explores the Tech Incubator programme in greater detail.

Read more on the HTA website

     

Upcoming HTA events 

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Global Trends in Health Technology Assessment Webinar

9 December, Online | Presented by Thomas Paulsson

 

We are looking forward to our next HealthTech Activator (HTA) webinar - Global Trends in Health Technology Assessment - coming up on December 9th. 

 

This webinar will provide participants with an overview of some of the approaches used by decision makers in key markets to evaluate novel health technologies, and reviews some of the trends that healthtech companies should be aware of.

 

Spaces are limited for this live webinar, so register early via the button below if you’d like to attend.

Register here

You can view more upcoming events and e-learning on the HTA website.

     

Other upcoming Community Events

Digital Health Week NZ 2022

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5-8 December, Rotorua. You can read more and register here.

 

BiotechNZ Connect Event: Celebrating 2022

8 December, Auckland. You can read more and register here.

 

FemTech - How Technology is Revolutionising Women's Health

9 December, Online. You can read more and register here.

     

Other sector news

ANDHealth - AWS Healthcare Accelerator Australia/New Zealand

NZ-based startups in the aged care and digital health space can apply for the AWS Healthcare Accelerator before 11 December, delivered in collaboration with ANDHealth (8 November: ANDHealth).

 

Tend Health expands from doctors into pharmacy (paywall)

Tend Health’s platform is expanding to include the provisioning of some medications, with other tech add-ons in the pipeline (10 November: NBR).

 

Confessions of a health tech entrepreneur

Richard Little was interviewed about his journey as a healthtech entrepreneur, from founding Rex Bionics through to his current work with Exsurgo (14 November: NZ Business).

 

Scentian Bio Funding To Speed Up Disease Detection Via An Electronic Nose

Scentian Bio has received a US$1.7m grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for development of diagnostic applications of its biosensor platform (17 November: NZ Entrepreneur).

 

42PLUS1 Pitch Award

Toku Eyes was selected as one of three pitch competition winners hosted at the DxPx Conference in Germany (17 November: 42PLUS1).

 

Kiwi scientists develop world's first algae-based pain medication

Cawthron Institute scientists have developed a scalable algae-derived neosaxitoxin-based local anaesthetic with successful phase 1 trials in the US and Europe (27 November: RNZ).

     

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Kind regards,

HealthTech Activator team

Callaghan Innovation

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