571 - Commercialisation Journeys at the ANDHealth Digital Health Showcase 2025

In this episode of Talking HealthTech, Peter Birch speaks with a line-up of innovators, founders and CEOs participating in the ANDHealth Digital and Connected Health Commercialisation Showcase and the ANDHealth Plus Programme.

Recorded at the event in Canberra, this episode highlights successes from Australian digital health companies and explores topics surrounding commercialisation, global expansion, regulatory hurdles, funding models, and lessons learned from building scalable healthtech solutions.

This episode was recorded at the ANDHealth Digital and Connected Health Commercialisation Showcase in Canberra, celebrating milestone achievements for the participant companies in the ANDHealth Plus Programme, as well as the 10th anniversary of the Medical Research Future Fund.

Key Takeaways

🎤 The importance of collaboration and building global networks for healthtech commercialisation.

🚀 Scaling digital health innovations internationally requires adapting to local markets and understanding cultural nuances.

💡 Knowing your funding, payment, and commercialisation models is crucial for successfully bringing products to market.

🧑‍⚕️ Listening to clinicians and end-users, rather than presuming their needs, drives effective product uptake.

🛠 Regulatory approval, such as TGA registrations and clinical validation, remain significant steps for healthtech companies.

Timestamps

00:00 – Introduction and event background: ANDHealth Plus Programme and MRFF anniversary

00:30 – Sanji Kanaglingam on WeGuide’s expansion, scalability, and digital biomarkers

03:08 – Simon Green discusses Immunosis, diagnostics for immune deficiency, and commercialisation

06:31 – Carolyn Mee from Soundscouts: Funding, regulatory milestones, and sector expansion

10:42 – Tina Campbell on Healthily’s approach to patient education and voice AI for engagement

15:16 – Arthur Shih explains Humanetix’s clinical decision support and lessons from aged care

19:07 – Dr James Waldie of Cape Bionics: Translating space sciences into compression garments

24:24 – John Wright shares about Metabolic Health Solutions: Device-to-software integration and market focus

27:22 – Fiona Hammond - Perx Health provides updates on Perx Health’s gamification tech and cognitive decline solutions

30:30 – Bronwyn Le Grice - CEO, ANDHealth on commercialisation, digital health sector growth, and ecosystem priorities

34:03 – Episode wrap up and call to action

Check out the episode and full show notes on the Talking HealthTech website.

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