Building Better Futures for Health (BBFH) Challenge
Awards up to $40,000 in MedTech commercialisation services to Australian healthcare startups.
Applicants pitch a healthcare or MedTech business idea to a panel of industry judges, moving through an application stage, a semi-finalist round, and a live pitch at the Grand Finals. Judges score entries on impact, novelty and growth potential, drawing on a judging panel made up of MedTech design, development and commercialisation specialists. Along the way, participants get feedback from IDE Gro…
BBFH is open to individuals and companies developing or aiming to commercialise a MedTech innovation in Australia — startups and entrepreneurs, company executives, medical professionals with device ideas, and researchers ready to commercialise their work. Entries are judged on impact, novelty and growth potential.
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