Explore the Biotech & Medtech science commercialisation series

How do biotech and medtech ideas become real-world impact?

Biotech & Medtech Realities.

From drug discovery basics to biotech/medtech adoption and founder lessons, this section looks at what really moves health innovation forward: science, funding, clinical strategy, incentives, timing, failure, and the long messy middle.

Start here for the real story behind promising innovation.

Drug discovery and science commercialisation series

Engaging with drug development veterans, industry leaders, funders and partners early is critical to shape your drug development roadmap and can save you years in the wrong directions and costly mistake. Forums such as the drug discovery forum hosted at LifeScience Australia’s annual conference enable this to happen and give a chance for researcher and early founders to get real time feedback on their project.

That’s beyond a science commercialisation course. It’s shaping your path, live and expanding your networks where it matters.

As a media partner, I cover the insights uncovered durign the conference and make it accessible to all, structured in topics, with the pannelists and the researchers interviews to capture both perspectives.

You can listen to the series here.

Serie 1 - 2 parts .

Part 1 | Your crashcourse in biotech commercialisation Part 1 - key considerations on the core science and adjacent considerations to take your drug to market

Part 2 | What Biotech Investors Look For: The Real Checklist For Funding Your Drug or Device

Serie 2 - 6 parts

From Scientist to Entrepreneur: Should You Commercialise Your Research?

From Scientist to Biotech: How Industry Feedback from Biotech Experts Changes Your Drug Development Roadmap

Scientist Entrepreneur: How to Assess the Commercial Potential of Your Research, why the time for neurology is now and building drug development pathway for ultra rate disease with Dr Laura Issa

Can You Make Mice Smarter? Turning Wild Science Into Medicine with early biotech industry feedback with Prof Greg Neely - coming soon

Can You Starve Brain Cancer? From Discovery to Drug Development with early biotech expert feedback | Dr Jean Bertoldo - coming soon

What Does Tech Transfer Actually Do? Make Your Biotech Project Easy to Champion with Dr Gorjana Mitic - coming soon

Success story with FDA approved drugs and devices

From Underfunded Science to Award-Winning: The Drug Discovery Rollercoaster with Dr Chris Burns


From Academic Research to Medtech start-up Founder: Dr. Maryam Parviz’s STEM Career Reinvention through entrepreneurship, with SDIP Innovations (FDA approved in 2026)

From Startup to Global Impact: Ida Tin’s Role in the Femtech Revolution with an FDA approved app for contraception

Building biotech/medtech

Why Great MedTech Fails, and What It Really Takes to Build a Company That Works with Ben Wright, co-foudner of Mimetic Foundry

Tankless oxygen: How a weekend project became Shanshan Wang’s investor backed startup

Drug nebulisation and Why interdisciplinary thinkers in STEM will shape the next wave of medtech founders, with Dr Anushi Rajapaksa

From Ophthalmologist to Social Impact Innovator: Dr. Sarah Crowe’s STEM Career Reinvention with OOXii Global, a start-up making prescription glasses accessible

From Science and Finance to Healthtech Entrepreneur: How Alison Gartner Combined STEM Degrees to Co-Found a health start-up- Evidentli

From Lab Scientist to MedTech start-up Founder at 22: Starting a PhD While Launching a Startup and Turning Discovery Into Real-World Diagnostics