Distinguished innovation teams, relevant companies, research institutes, innovation service and investment institutions, hospitals and clinical experts:
The China Medical Devices Design & Entrepreneurship Competition (“Competition”, part of “Innovation China” activities) has been successfully held for four consecutive sessions under the guidance of the China Association for Science and Technology and the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, in order to promote the continuous innovation and development of China’s medical device industry, deepen the cooperation among the medical device industry, universities, research institutions, users, capital sector and regulators in all aspects, and stimulate the innovation vitality of enterprises and clinical medical personnel. The four sessions have collected 283, 607, 665 and 831 medical device innovation projects from home and abroad, respectively. The Competition and its supporting activities have cumulatively attracted the participation of more than 2,000 enterprises and innovation service and investment institutions, the visits of more than 40,000 persons on site, and the presence of many ministry and commission heads and academicians and more than 100 authoritative regulation and industry experts to provide guidance on site. A total of 253 first-prize, second-prize and third-prize projects have been selected from the finals of the four sessions, which obtained average financing of more than RMB 1.35 billion according to post-competition half-year tracking statistics, and some of which subsequently obtained project funding from ministries, commissions, provinces, cities or the army and won the prizes of other competitions. The Competition has effectively promoted the transformation of medical device achievements and has received wide appreciation.
The 5th China Medical Devices Design & Entrepreneurship Competition 2022 (“5th Competition”) will be officially launched on January 10, matters related to which are notified as follows:
I. The 5th Competition will continue to be undertaken by the China Strategic Alliance of Medical Device Innovation and Innomd.org, and local governments, science and technology parks and research institutes are welcome to participate in the joint undertaking.
II. The 5th Competition is themed by “Meet Actual Needs, Support Transformation of Clinical and University Research Achievements, and Focus on Technological Innovation and Innovation Services”, with the following categories for competition:
1. In vitro diagnostic (IVD) reagents
2. Analytical instruments and equipment
3. Medical materials (hygienic materials, dressings, etc.) and care products
4. Disinfection, protection and assistive devices
5. Diagnostic, treatment and surgical instruments
6. Laparoscope and endoscope devices and consumables
7. Minimally invasive instruments and equipment (excluding laparoscope and endoscope devices)
8. Implantation and intervention products (including active and passive ones)
9. Other high-value medical consumables
10. Small and medium-sized diagnosis and treatment equipment
11. Large diagnostic and treatment equipment (imaging, radiotherapy, etc.)
12. First aid and life support products (severe cases, emergency treatment, monitoring, inhalational anesthesia, dialysis, etc.)
13. Artificial intelligence and medical robots
14. Medical software and digital health care
15. Wearable and portable products
16. Mobile health care and telemedicine
17. Chronic disease management and information systems
18. Rehabilitation instruments and appliances
19. TCM instruments and physical therapy products
20. Sports & health and wellness products
21. Accessories, materials, processes and others
The above categories are divided into the startup group (for products or projects without registration certificates at the time of registration) and the growth group (for products that receive registration certificates for the first time) for registration.
The organizer will appropriately adjust and hold category contests according to projects’ registration and experts’ suggestions or hold special contests to facilitate project financing and follow-up services, industrial transformation, etc.
Special contests may be set up according to the requirements of the undertakers by product field, process material, clinical category, industry agglomeration, or business mode, and those planned to be held include the doctors contest, care contest, digital therapy contest, POCT contest, home-use devices contest, deep human phenotyping contest, industrial transformation contest, overseas contest, and HUAWEI contest.
III. Projects intended to participate in the event must meet the following conditions:
1. The projects to compete in the startup group must be medical devices or technologies in the R&D or registration stage that have not received medical device product registration certificates; those to compete in the growth group are limited to innovative medical device products that have received medical device product registration certificates for the first time; for materials, accessories and processes that are not defined in the categories or cannot be registered as medical devices, the category of others may be selected for registration for competition.
2. The competition projects shall comply with relevant national laws, regulations and policies, and shall not infringe upon the intellectual property rights or other legitimate rights and interests of others. Individuals, teams and enterprises participating in the competition shall be responsible for the authenticity and accuracy of the registration information;
3. The medical device products involved in the competing projects must be innovative and clinically applicable and have a certain social and market value;
4. The registration shall be made based on competition entries, and each company or team can apply for more than one, and there is no limit on the number of items applied;
5. Clinicians, nurses, medical professionals, etc. are welcome to participate in the contests or cooperate with others to register to compete;
6. Overseas (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) projects are welcome to register to compete in contests of various categories. The organizer will timely adjust the contest arrangements according to COVID-19 prevention and control and entry requirements, and those projects may participate in the contests via video or participate in the overseas contest, if necessary;
7. Projects that competed in previous sessions and have made new progress and excellent projects that have participated in other contests may also register to compete in the startup group or growth group based on whether registration certificates are received or not;
8. Participants will not be charged any fees in the whole competition process, and the undertakers, to encourage participation in innovation, will be responsible for the accommodation and food of the contestants who compete offline and offer a certain amount of competition subsidies and appropriate bonuses depending on the situation.
IV. The competition schedule is as follows:
1. Registration
Participants can register on the official website of the Competition (www.cmddec.cn) and Innomd.org (www.innomd.org) from today, and the deadline for registration is May 15.
2. Preliminary contest
The competition projects confirmed through review will enter the preliminary contest, and the qualifications of such projects will be reviewed on Internet. The jury is composed of well-known technical experts, clinical experts, registration or review experts, and investment experts in the industry. The organizer and jury have the right to veto projects that do not meet the requirements of the competition.
3. Category contests
The organizer will appropriately adjust the competition categories and reasonably arrange the sessions according to the registration situation. Category contests will begin from June in the form of on-site roadshows, and the specific time, place and schedule will be further notified.
4. Special contests
Registered projects can participate in special contests, and the same project can participate in multiple special contests according to the actual situation. The specific form, time, place and schedule of special contests will be further notified.
5. Finals
The finals will be held in Suzhou at the end of August in the form of on-site roadshows, and the specific time, place and schedule will be further notified.
V. The awards are set as follows:
Depending on the number of projects registered, the first, second and third prizes and excellent prizes will be awarded by category and group.
VI. Competing projects will receive the following awards:
1. Category contests will be given related awards depending on the undertakers and local industrial support policies;
2. For all projects that enter the category contests, finals, and special contests and are demonstrated in on-site roadshows, the contestants will be provided with free accommodation and food (limited to two persons per project) and also transport subsidies for the contests (limited as per tickets; the specific amount as per the session-related notices and announcements) by the organizer;
3. Priority to be recommended to apply for national and local relevant science and technology projects will be given;
4. Face-to-face communication with several academicians who lead the review and more than 100 authoritative regulation and industry experts will be available to receive one-on-one mentoring;
5. Priority to enter the medical device innovation service base in Suzhou (and other places) will be given, so as to enjoy more than 20 outsourcing innovation services at one stop;
6. Participating projects are prioritized to receive capital injection and mergers and acquisitions by enterprises and investment institutions in the industry, as well as to be publicized by popular media;
7. Participating projects are prioritized to receive special supporting policy support from the science parks and innovation service institutions;
8. The cooperation between some participating projects and some production and operation enterprises will be promoted;
9. Exclusive interviews and reports will be published on media platforms such as Innomd.org and China Medical Device Information on a merit basis;
10. High-level training, creativity and resource connection activities held by the undertakers can be attended free of charge.
VII. In order for competing projects to better connect industrial and innovation service resources and achieve growth and transformation as soon as possible, the Global Device Week (2022) will continue to be held during the finals of the 5th Competition, which will last four days and be held in the form of “one competition, two exhibitions, and 3+15 forums”, with the finals of the 5th Competition and the 2022 Medical Device Innovation and Service Exhibition (MISE2022) and 2022 China Big Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship Resources Revitalization (Transaction) Conference (HAUTE2022) as the core, three supporting keynote forums - China Medical Innovation Forum 2022 (CMIF2022), China Transformation Medicine and Innovation Service Forum 2022 (TMIS2022), and Health Science Popularization Forum 2022 (HSP2022), an innovative “Special Training Camp for Medical Device Innovation and Entrepreneurship Executives”, and 15 professional theme sub-forums, covering medical device innovation ecosystems for production, education, research and marketing such as heart and cerebral vessels, imaging equipment, minimally invasive surgery, orthopedic equipment and materials, medical artificial intelligence, in vitro diagnostics, upstream material accessories and manufacturing processes, medical devices innovative design and contract manufacturing, innovative products animal experiments and clinical trials, medical results transformation, and market and capital connection. A public innovation service platform that gathers global innovative talents, companies, products, and various innovation service resources will be eventually built through the above forum and exhibition activities as well as the undertakers’ continuous services before and after the Competition, so as to promote local and international innovation collaboration, accelerate medical device clinical research and academic results transformation, and promote the continuous innovation and development of China’s medical device industry.
Medical device industry entities and individuals or teams engaged in the research and development, production, sales, use, regulation and services of medical devices are encouraged to participate in the Competition and Global Device Week activities and actively publicize such activities. Local governments, industrial parks, enterprises, and institutions are welcome to exchange ideas on joint undertaking of the contests regionally and on cooperation for special contests and sub-forums. Industry elites and friends from all circles are sincerely invited to come to Suzhou to participate in the finals and Global Device Week activities!
For more information, please refer to the official website of the Competition (www.cmddec.cn) and Innomd.org (www.innomd.org).
The China Medical Devices Design & Entrepreneurship Competition (“Competition”, part of “Innovation China” activities) has been successfully held for four consecutive sessions under the guidance of the China Association for Science and Technology and the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, in order to promote the continuous innovation and development of China’s medical device industry, deepen the cooperation among the medical device industry, universities, research institutions, users, capital sector and regulators in all aspects, and stimulate the innovation vitality of enterprises and clinical medical personnel. The four sessions have collected 283, 607, 665 and 831 medical device innovation projects from home and abroad, respectively. The Competition and its supporting activities have cumulatively attracted the participation of more than 2,000 enterprises and innovation service and investment institutions, the visits of more than 40,000 persons on site, and the presence of many ministry and commission heads and academicians and more than 100 authoritative regulation and industry experts to provide guidance on site. A total of 253 first-prize, second-prize and third-prize projects have been selected from the finals of the four sessions, which obtained average financing of more than RMB 1.35 billion according to post-competition half-year tracking statistics, and some of which subsequently obtained project funding from ministries, commissions, provinces, cities or the army and won the prizes of other competitions. The Competition has effectively promoted the transformation of medical device achievements and has received wide appreciation.
The 5th China Medical Devices Design & Entrepreneurship Competition 2022 (“5th Competition”) will be officially launched on January 10, matters related to which are notified as follows:
I. The 5th Competition will continue to be undertaken by the China Strategic Alliance of Medical Device Innovation and Innomd.org, and local governments, science and technology parks and research institutes are welcome to participate in the joint undertaking.
II. The 5th Competition is themed by “Meet Actual Needs, Support Transformation of Clinical and University Research Achievements, and Focus on Technological Innovation and Innovation Services”, with the following categories for competition:
1. In vitro diagnostic (IVD) reagents
2. Analytical instruments and equipment
3. Medical materials (hygienic materials, dressings, etc.) and care products
4. Disinfection, protection and assistive devices
5. Diagnostic, treatment and surgical instruments
6. Laparoscope and endoscope devices and consumables
7. Minimally invasive instruments and equipment (excluding laparoscope and endoscope devices)
8. Implantation and intervention products (including active and passive ones)
9. Other high-value medical consumables
10. Small and medium-sized diagnosis and treatment equipment
11. Large diagnostic and treatment equipment (imaging, radiotherapy, etc.)
12. First aid and life support products (severe cases, emergency treatment, monitoring, inhalational anesthesia, dialysis, etc.)
13. Artificial intelligence and medical robots
14. Medical software and digital health care
15. Wearable and portable products
16. Mobile health care and telemedicine
17. Chronic disease management and information systems
18. Rehabilitation instruments and appliances
19. TCM instruments and physical therapy products
20. Sports & health and wellness products
21. Accessories, materials, processes and others
The above categories are divided into the startup group (for products or projects without registration certificates at the time of registration) and the growth group (for products that receive registration certificates for the first time) for registration.
The organizer will appropriately adjust and hold category contests according to projects’ registration and experts’ suggestions or hold special contests to facilitate project financing and follow-up services, industrial transformation, etc.
Special contests may be set up according to the requirements of the undertakers by product field, process material, clinical category, industry agglomeration, or business mode, and those planned to be held include the doctors contest, care contest, digital therapy contest, POCT contest, home-use devices contest, deep human phenotyping contest, industrial transformation contest, overseas contest, and HUAWEI contest.
III. Projects intended to participate in the event must meet the following conditions:
1. The projects to compete in the startup group must be medical devices or technologies in the R&D or registration stage that have not received medical device product registration certificates; those to compete in the growth group are limited to innovative medical device products that have received medical device product registration certificates for the first time; for materials, accessories and processes that are not defined in the categories or cannot be registered as medical devices, the category of others may be selected for registration for competition.
2. The competition projects shall comply with relevant national laws, regulations and policies, and shall not infringe upon the intellectual property rights or other legitimate rights and interests of others. Individuals, teams and enterprises participating in the competition shall be responsible for the authenticity and accuracy of the registration information;
3. The medical device products involved in the competing projects must be innovative and clinically applicable and have a certain social and market value;
4. The registration shall be made based on competition entries, and each company or team can apply for more than one, and there is no limit on the number of items applied;
5. Clinicians, nurses, medical professionals, etc. are welcome to participate in the contests or cooperate with others to register to compete;
6. Overseas (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) projects are welcome to register to compete in contests of various categories. The organizer will timely adjust the contest arrangements according to COVID-19 prevention and control and entry requirements, and those projects may participate in the contests via video or participate in the overseas contest, if necessary;
7. Projects that competed in previous sessions and have made new progress and excellent projects that have participated in other contests may also register to compete in the startup group or growth group based on whether registration certificates are received or not;
8. Participants will not be charged any fees in the whole competition process, and the undertakers, to encourage participation in innovation, will be responsible for the accommodation and food of the contestants who compete offline and offer a certain amount of competition subsidies and appropriate bonuses depending on the situation.
IV. The competition schedule is as follows:
1. Registration
Participants can register on the official website of the Competition (www.cmddec.cn) and Innomd.org (www.innomd.org) from today, and the deadline for registration is May 15.
2. Preliminary contest
The competition projects confirmed through review will enter the preliminary contest, and the qualifications of such projects will be reviewed on Internet. The jury is composed of well-known technical experts, clinical experts, registration or review experts, and investment experts in the industry. The organizer and jury have the right to veto projects that do not meet the requirements of the competition.
3. Category contests
The organizer will appropriately adjust the competition categories and reasonably arrange the sessions according to the registration situation. Category contests will begin from June in the form of on-site roadshows, and the specific time, place and schedule will be further notified.
4. Special contests
Registered projects can participate in special contests, and the same project can participate in multiple special contests according to the actual situation. The specific form, time, place and schedule of special contests will be further notified.
5. Finals
The finals will be held in Suzhou at the end of August in the form of on-site roadshows, and the specific time, place and schedule will be further notified.
V. The awards are set as follows:
Depending on the number of projects registered, the first, second and third prizes and excellent prizes will be awarded by category and group.
VI. Competing projects will receive the following awards:
1. Category contests will be given related awards depending on the undertakers and local industrial support policies;
2. For all projects that enter the category contests, finals, and special contests and are demonstrated in on-site roadshows, the contestants will be provided with free accommodation and food (limited to two persons per project) and also transport subsidies for the contests (limited as per tickets; the specific amount as per the session-related notices and announcements) by the organizer;
3. Priority to be recommended to apply for national and local relevant science and technology projects will be given;
4. Face-to-face communication with several academicians who lead the review and more than 100 authoritative regulation and industry experts will be available to receive one-on-one mentoring;
5. Priority to enter the medical device innovation service base in Suzhou (and other places) will be given, so as to enjoy more than 20 outsourcing innovation services at one stop;
6. Participating projects are prioritized to receive capital injection and mergers and acquisitions by enterprises and investment institutions in the industry, as well as to be publicized by popular media;
7. Participating projects are prioritized to receive special supporting policy support from the science parks and innovation service institutions;
8. The cooperation between some participating projects and some production and operation enterprises will be promoted;
9. Exclusive interviews and reports will be published on media platforms such as Innomd.org and China Medical Device Information on a merit basis;
10. High-level training, creativity and resource connection activities held by the undertakers can be attended free of charge.
VII. In order for competing projects to better connect industrial and innovation service resources and achieve growth and transformation as soon as possible, the Global Device Week (2022) will continue to be held during the finals of the 5th Competition, which will last four days and be held in the form of “one competition, two exhibitions, and 3+15 forums”, with the finals of the 5th Competition and the 2022 Medical Device Innovation and Service Exhibition (MISE2022) and 2022 China Big Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship Resources Revitalization (Transaction) Conference (HAUTE2022) as the core, three supporting keynote forums - China Medical Innovation Forum 2022 (CMIF2022), China Transformation Medicine and Innovation Service Forum 2022 (TMIS2022), and Health Science Popularization Forum 2022 (HSP2022), an innovative “Special Training Camp for Medical Device Innovation and Entrepreneurship Executives”, and 15 professional theme sub-forums, covering medical device innovation ecosystems for production, education, research and marketing such as heart and cerebral vessels, imaging equipment, minimally invasive surgery, orthopedic equipment and materials, medical artificial intelligence, in vitro diagnostics, upstream material accessories and manufacturing processes, medical devices innovative design and contract manufacturing, innovative products animal experiments and clinical trials, medical results transformation, and market and capital connection. A public innovation service platform that gathers global innovative talents, companies, products, and various innovation service resources will be eventually built through the above forum and exhibition activities as well as the undertakers’ continuous services before and after the Competition, so as to promote local and international innovation collaboration, accelerate medical device clinical research and academic results transformation, and promote the continuous innovation and development of China’s medical device industry.
Medical device industry entities and individuals or teams engaged in the research and development, production, sales, use, regulation and services of medical devices are encouraged to participate in the Competition and Global Device Week activities and actively publicize such activities. Local governments, industrial parks, enterprises, and institutions are welcome to exchange ideas on joint undertaking of the contests regionally and on cooperation for special contests and sub-forums. Industry elites and friends from all circles are sincerely invited to come to Suzhou to participate in the finals and Global Device Week activities!
For more information, please refer to the official website of the Competition (www.cmddec.cn) and Innomd.org (www.innomd.org).
Organizing Committee for China Medical Devices Design & Entrepreneurship Competition
China Service Alliance for Medical Device Technology Innovation
January 10, 2022