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About Australia MTPConnect is Australia's Life Sciences Innovation Accelerator – an independent, not-for-profit organisation established by the Australian Government to champion the continuing growth of Australia's vibrant medical products sector. MTPConnect works with start-ups, SMEs and researchers to accelerate the commercialisation of cutting-edge medical technologies, biotechnologies and pharmaceutical innovations; taking cutting-edge research from bench to bedside. We achieve these outcomes by improving industry collaboration and commercialisation, providing accelerator funding and support for cutting-edge innovations, boosting workforce development, optimising the regulatory and policy environment and creating links to international markets. Across MTPConnect's accelerator and workforce programs, A$153 million has been injected into the sector, securing more than A$1 billion in additional industry contributions and external investment. MTPConnect's work for the last eight years has seen 1,585 new technologies invented or progressed, 2,294 new jobs created and over 740,000 patients treated. MTPConnect is Australia's Life Sciences Innovation Accelerator – an independent, not-for-profit organisation established by the Australian Government to champion the continuing growth of Australia's vibrant medical products sector. MTPConnect works with start-ups, SMEs and researchers to accelerate the commercialisation of cutting-edge medical technologies, biotechnologies and pharmaceutical innovations; taking cutting-edge research from bench to bedside. We achieve these outcomes by improving industry collaboration and commercialisation, providing accelerator funding and support for cutting-edge innovations, boosting workforce development, optimising the regulatory and policy environment and creating links to international markets. Across MTPConnect's accelerator and workforce programs, A$153 million has been injected into the sector, securing more than A$1 billion in additional industry contributions and external investment. MTPConnect's work for the last eight years has seen 1,585 new technologies invented or progressed, 2,294 new jobs created and over 740,000 patients treated.