MedTech Innovator connects healthcare industry leaders with innovative early and mid-stage medtech companies for mentorship and support. During 2021, MedTech Innovator will select 20 start-ups for participation in its annual Asia Pacific programme and will award up to US$300,000 in cash prizes and awards.
Cambridge Consultants will work directly with selected emerging companies and will also provide financial support to MedTech Innovator. The organisation’s annual programme provides best-in-class start-ups with opportunities to connect with healthcare investors, stakeholders, and key decision makers. Selected start-ups receive one-on-one mentorship and coaching from industry leaders to help drive commercialisation of leading-edge medical technologies throughout Asia Pacific.
Yan Lin Lye, Head of Asia Pacific Medtech at Cambridge Consultants commented: “This is an exciting opportunity to put something back into the industry and help to shape the future. It certainly demonstrates our commitment to medical technology innovation in the region. The team here is ready to put its years of expertise and insight to good use, helping ambitious young companies improve the standard of care in the Asia Pacific region. We look forward to discovering how participants in the programme are working to improve and prolong patient lives through innovation.”
Paul Grand, founder and CEO of MedTech Innovator added: “We are proud of our track record of finding the industry’s most promising medical technologies and digital health companies. Our partners and sponsors play an invaluable part in advancing innovation with their expertise and industry knowledge. We are pleased to welcome Cambridge Consultants as our newest collaborator for the Asia Pacific programme and look forward to working together to advance technologies poised to address critical health issues in the region and achieve better patient outcomes.”
MedTech Innovator works closely with stakeholders across the industry to foster the growth of early to mid-stage start-ups. Cambridge Consultants joins programme sponsors Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, which has committed to a three-year sponsorship of the programme, Align Technology, Nipro Medical Corporation, Oliver Healthcare Packaging, Olympus Medical Systems Group, Siemens Healthineers, and Enterprise Singapore. The MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific Programme is held with industry support from APACMed.