LOS ANGELES & SINGAPORE, Sept 9 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — MedTech Innovator, the largest accelerator of medical technology companies in the world, in partnership with Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association (APACMed), the first and only regional association to provide a unified voice for the medical technology industry, today announced that APrevent was named the 2024 MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific Accelerator program Finals Competition Winner and was awarded the USD 175,000 grand prize. The other finalists, INOPASE (Japan), KA Imaging (Canada) and Qritive (Singapore), will each receive USD 10,000.
The four finalists competed at the MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific 2024 Grand Finals hosted by MedTech Innovator in partnership with APACMed at the APACMed MedTech Forum, which took place September 5th and 6th, in Singapore. Following each finalist’s presentation, a panel of distinguished medtech executives engaged in a Q&A session with the finalist. The winner was determined by a live audience vote. The expert panel included: Ashley Wittorf, Head of Business Development, Johnson & Johnson MedTech Asia Pacific; Vy Tran, President of Asia Pacific and Japan, Siemens Healthineers; and Raphael Ong, APAC Director, Strategy, Marketing & Commercial Excellence, Teleflex. Paul Grand, CEO of MedTech Innovator, served as emcee of the finals competition.