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NHG Health - Centre for Medical Technologies & Innovations (CMTi)

What We Do

Find out how CMTi supports clinician innovators at every stage, from identifying needs and securing funding to trials and commercialisation.

Last updated 31 March 2026

Challenges and Gaps in Medical Technology Innovation

Healthcare and Medical Technology Innovations are key drivers for healthcare transformation. Singapore's Healthcare and Medical Technology Start-ups have grown significantly over the years. However, there are gaps in translating and commercializing these outputs.

How We Can Help

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Read more about what CMTi does at each stage below.

Needs Finding

One of the biggest problems in innovation is accurately identifying needs. CMTi can help and guide clinician innovators to refine their Needs Statements for more clarity.

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Partnership

CMTi has a wide network of local and international partners, and facilitates partnerships by working out the best arrangements for all parties.

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Joint Funding

CMTi keeps a look out for both intramural and extramural grants; guiding clinicians and collaborators through to increase the success rates of grant applications.

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Ideation & Co-Development

Ideation and production development are left mainly to the inventors; but CMTi can facilitate to smoothen the process of co-development between clinicians and collaborators.

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Pilot Trial, Validation & Test Bedding

Validation, Trials and Test-bedding are crucial to medical device development, and may differ starkly from one product to another. CMTi can help to lay out the project-specific processes and provide guidance on ethics approvals for the trials.

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Commercialize & Implement

CMTi works alongside our partners and supports them in every step of their commercialization pathway and the various adoption plans of NHG Institutions.

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