Kia ora from Callaghan Innovation,

November is round the corner, and that means so are three online HealthTech Activator (HTA) events that you don’t want to miss! Covering regulatory, reimbursement, and validating your market - find more info and links to register below.  

We’re also excited to announce the updated HTA website is live! The update includes several new pages and a homepage designed to guide you to the latest content. Make sure you check it out! 

Last but not least, we’d love to hear about your experience using data to validate your market and how our Database Support offering could best support you. Please complete this short survey to tell us more about your journey and needs. It should only take about 3 minutes.

HTA Events

Healthtech Regulatory Intelligence Interactive Tutorial (online)

4 November

This interactive tutorial, facilitated by Tara Creaven-Capasso of Caduceus Medical Development Ltd, will give you tools and resources to make keeping up with regulatory changes and standards easier and more efficient.

Read more and register here.

US Medical Device Reimbursement Interactive Tutorial (online)

9 November

Join us for a US medical device reimbursement interactive tutorial with health economics and reimbursement specialist Jay Stracke. This will also include a discussion about the challenges for Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) products and will close with a Q&A. 

Read more and register here.

Putting Customers at the Heart of Healthtech - an Introduction to Knowing your Customer and your Market (online)

16-17 November

The HTA’s newly developed workshop, focused on helping you know your customer and your market, will be moving online in November.

The workshop is aimed at early stage healthtech companies, or companies that would like to have a fresh look at their customers and market, and how they have validated it to date.

Read more and register here.

HTA News

Regulatory Market Access Barriers for Healthtech Startups

Tara Creaven-Capasso

Tara Creaven-Capasso discusses barriers often encountered by New Zealand startups when tackling complex regulatory environments, and highlights four key insight areas for success.

Read more here.

HTA Website Updates

HTA Team

You may have noticed a new look for the HTA website - our homepage now helps direct you to key resources, from the directory to the articles and reports collection. We also have new podcast and webinar pages, where we will provide HTA recordings and links to other key third party content.

Watch this space as we continue to build the website! Many thanks to everyone who provided input in the previous survey, and please do let us know by reply to this email if you have any feedback.

Community Insights

Te Tītoki Mataora:

Funding to translate science into real life solutions

• Te Tītoki Mataora, the MedTech Translator, was launched this week. It is a multi-faceted initiative focused on growing New Zealand's deep tech sector to address healthcare needs.

OPUM in New Partnership:

OPUM AI Platform to Optimize Knee Care for Habit Health Patients

• OPUM has teamed up with Habit Health, aiming to leverage OPUM Lab predictive AI modelling for improving patient care outcomes.

JunoFem Raise:
Healthtech startup JunoFem lands NZ$1m seed round to tackle a massive personal problem 1-in-3 women face

• JunoFem has global ambitions for their device that supports pelvic floor muscle strengthening, a key approach for resolving urinary incontinence.

oVRcome Phobias:
Cantabrian tackles vaccine phobias with virtual reality

• oVRcome came to national attention this month with their virtual reality exposure therapy proving helpful for tackling needle phobias.

BioScience Expansion:
Auckland BioSciences buys Australia’s CellSera, creating $40m firm

• ABS has acquired Australian business CellSera for close to $10m after a September capital raise and opening a new plant in Auckland.

To read previous editions of the HTA Monthly Wrap, explore the HTA news page.

Best regards,

Anne Wight 

HealthTech Activator team

Callaghan Innovation