{"id":1029,"date":"2018-10-10T14:11:54","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T04:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mdri-news\/?p=1029"},"modified":"2018-10-10T14:14:16","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T04:44:16","slug":"new-funding-mtpconnect-support-national-expansion-mdpp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mdri-news\/2018\/10\/10\/new-funding-mtpconnect-support-national-expansion-mdpp\/","title":{"rendered":"New funding from MTPConnect to support national expansion of MDPP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1030\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mdri-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/10\/MDPP-Image_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mdri-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/10\/MDPP-Image_small.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mdri-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/10\/MDPP-Image_small-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mdri-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/10\/MDPP-Image_small-768x409.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Announced this morning by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtpconnect.org.au\/\">MTPConnect<\/a>\u00a0CEO Dr Dan Grant, the <a href=\"https:\/\/mdpp.org.au\/\">Medical Device Partnering Program<\/a>\u00a0(MDPP) is one of three key life sciences projects to have been awarded new funding.<\/p>\n<p>The funding from MTPConnect, the Medical Technologies and Pharmaceuticals Industry Growth Centre, will enable the MDPP to continue their ambitious pledge to expand the MDPP nationally.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flinders.edu.au\/people\/karen.reynolds\">Professor Karen Reynolds<\/a>, Director of the MDPP says her ambition has always been to create a national program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis new funding from MTPConnect will allow us to build on our successes in South Australia and pursue the expansion of the MDPP on a national scale,&#8221; Professor Reynolds explained.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The support will allow us to formalise partnerships, establish a comprehensive national capability directory and create extensive training materials, with the aim to commence operations of a national MDPP in 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Founded by Flinders University in South Australia, the MDPP was also a recipient of funds from MTPConnect\u2019s 2016 Project Fund Program.<\/p>\n<p>The program has seen fantastic results in developing new medical devices, streamlining the complex process of bringing new products to market and creating new commercial opportunities for traditional and local manufacturers in South Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Just last week, the MDPP announced that will expand into Victoria, thanks to support from the Victorian Government and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/launchvic.org\/\">LaunchVic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a really exciting time and I am delighted that other States are poised to benefit from our well-established Program\u201d, says Professor Reynolds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith MTPConnect\u2019s support we will be able to add critical mass to our efforts and deliver benefits to the Australian medtech sector more broadly\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Read the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtpconnect.org.au\/Story?Action=View&amp;Story_id=144\">full media release here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Announced this morning by\u00a0MTPConnect\u00a0CEO Dr Dan Grant, the Medical Device Partnering Program\u00a0(MDPP) is one of three key life sciences projects to have been awarded new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":358,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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