7-Year Impact Report

The WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub is proud to launch its Impact Report, bringing together seven years of action through data, case studies and outcomes that demonstrate how coordinated, partnership-led activity can strengthen WA’s biomedical sector.

The report highlights WALSIH’s role in supporting innovators, researchers, clinicians, and companies across the full innovation pipeline, from early translation pathways through to global expansion, while helping grow jobs, attract investment and build workforce capability within WA.

Structured around WALSIH’s three strategic pillars, ‘Connect, Transform and Propel’, the report reveals how activities delivered in partnership with the WA Government, MTPConnect, and The University of Western Australia have translated into tangible outcomes.

Read the full report here!

Who We Support

Innovators

We support researchers, clinicians and entrepreneurs, who are seeking strategic connections and advice as they develop their innovation and navigate their partnership and commercialisation pathway.

Health and Medical Life Sciences Companies

We’re here for the medical device, pharmaceuticals, biotech and digital health companies. We want to see you succeed in global markets, while leveraging local capability.

Investors

We assist companies, multinationals and investors seeking new technologies and exciting investments, to navigate the Western Australian ecosystem. We can connect you to innovators, identify opportunities, uncover technologies and capabilities, and help you understand the local context.

Research Teams

We help research teams make an impact by sharing their capabilities, connecting them to industry, developing their translational capacity and supporting the coordination of statewide, strategic projects. We also have our eyes on the national agenda – and can make sure you’re connected to it.

Our Services

Commercialisation Consultations

We offer advice, guidance, and connections to support your commercialisation strategy. Whether you’re preparing for partnerships or getting investor-ready, we provide tailored support to help you succeed in the competitive medical technology landscape.

Strategic Introductions

Think of us as a ‘concierge service’ – we connect you with the right people, organisations, infrastructure, and resources to advance your commercialisation efforts. Leveraging our national and international networks, we facilitate introductions with warm leads, maximising the potential for successful partnerships and collaborations.

Funding Consultations

With extensive experience and knowledge of Australia’s commercialisation funding landscape and innovation investment pathways, we can identify and support commercialisation grants, investment, and revenues. We can also review your proposal, connect project partners and leverage our extensive networks to access global markets.

Ecosystem Engagement

We are your ecosystem navigators. We can help you explore WA’s health and medical life sciences ecosystem and make connections to our people, organisations, capabilities, infrastructure and resources. You can leverage our capacity to coordinate events and communicate to an engaged Western Australian audience.

Events and Communications

We host and co-host events, from regular networking sessions and seminars to roundtables and tours. We also keep you updated on sector news via LinkedIn and email, celebrating success stories and sharing opportunities. Share your news with us for sector-wide promotion.

Workforce Development

We design and deliver programs that enhance innovation and commercialisation skills for researchers, innovators, and professionals in a variety of topics like grant writing and media/PR. Our flagship programs like Perth Biodesign equip the next generation of biomedical innovators with the tools for success.

Perth Biodesign


Perth Biodesign provides educational training in healthcare innovation using the Stanford Biodesign methodology, which focuses on a prescriptive method of identifying unmet clinical needs, inventing solutions that address these needs and creating implementation strategies that fit within the complex healthcare landscape.

Perth Biodesign courses bring together multidisciplinary teams of people passionate about making a difference in healthcare and build the connection between industry, academia, health services, and specialised services providers to create a healthcare innovation opportunity. Perth Biodesign programs are experiential in nature, focusing on biomedical entrepreneurship, are designed for the Australian biomedical environment, and thrive on the support of the local ecosystem.

The Perth Biodesign flagship course is delivered by the University of Western Australia under the WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub. It is a 7-month, part-time course in which teams of engineers (including software engineers), clinicians, researchers and business professionals find unmet clinical needs and create a medical technology or digital health solution.

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Case Studies

Featured Case Studies

Browse through our case studies to learn more about the work we do in medtech, pharmaceuticals, biotech and digital health. Discover how innovators are accessing our services to attract funding, expand their global footprint, develop new technologies, gain valuable skills and training and attract investment to Western Australia.

Mari-One Meets Foundation for Indigenous Sustainable Health: Partnering to advance digital health equality.

Since UK-based company Mari-One and the WA-based Foundation for Indigenous Sustainable Health were introduced together by the WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub, their partnership has been built a shared focus on cultural respect, data sovereignty, and the principle of Indigenous healthcare led by Indigenous voices.

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From Perth to Providence: VeinTech’s Journey from Local Innovation to Global Expansion

Born in Western Australia, and now scaling in Rhode Island, US, VeinTech’s journey from a Perth innovation program to establishing a global presence shows how strategic partnerships can accelerate global expansion.

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WA’s Metabolic Health Solutions is on a mission to test the world’s metabolism

Metabolic Health Solutions (MHS) is a digitally-enabled medtech company founded in WA in December 2015 with a mission to revolutionize the way metabolic health is measured, monitored, and manage.

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Reports

Featured Reports

Browse our selection of reports, providing insights to our sector locally, national and internationally.

Sustainable Health Review

The Sustainable Health Review Final Report was published in April 2019, outlining eight Enduring Strategies and 30 Recommendations to progress the sustainability agenda and identify changes required, with priorities that must be considered in implementation.

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WA Health and Medical Research Strategy 2023-2033

The WA Health and Medical Research Strategy 2023–2033 outlines the priorities and direction of health and medical research for the state. The strategy leverages the distinct advantages and opportunities of WA's unique geography and population to strengthen research capability across the sector.

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Health and Medical Life Sciences Industry Strategy

The strategy will build on Western Australian Government initiatives to stimulate and strengthen the industry over the next four years, and position the health and medical life sciences sector in WA as a world-leading, sustainable and value-adding industry.

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Dr Tracey Wilkinson, Director of Stakeholder Engagement


“The WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub is here to support anyone involved in the creation, development and commercialisation of novel medical products – in any way that we can.

Much like innovation is a team sport, similarly the ecosystem that supports innovations to flourish is also a team effort.

It’s a pleasure to work daily with our WALSIH partners, the WA government and the University of Western Australia, to support everyone in WA working hard to turn innovation into impact.”

Professor Kevin Pfleger, Director of Biomedical and Health Innovation


“The WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub is a concierge service, facilitator, connector and training provider.

We help people navigate the health and medical life sciences innovation ecosystem in Western Australia, as well as connecting to broader Australian and international partners and networks.

We identify gaps in the ecosystem. By partnering with proven best-in-class providers or through our own initiatives, we look to address the unmet needs of the sector.”

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