Queensland Government collaborates with Johnson & Johnson Innovation on Quick Fire Challenge global health competition

"The Queensland Government today announced a collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Innovation on a worldwide competition to encourage game-changing health innovations to be developed and commercialised in Queensland. Science and Innovation Minister Leeanne Enoch said the State Government was providing $300,000 in prizemoney for the Advance Queensland Johnson & Johnson Innovation Quick Fire Challenge.

“This is a global prize so we are looking for great ideas from across the world,” Ms Enoch said. It is part of the $180 million Advance Queensland initiative to create jobs now and for the future, drive productivity improvements, harness innovation and translate some of our great ideas into real economic outcomes for Queenslanders. We’re looking for exceptional innovations; ones with a real chance of being turned into investible products, with benefits for patients and that will create future jobs and business opportunities. There are three $100,000 prizes for innovations in the fields of pharmaceuticals, medical devices and diagnostics, and consumer healthcare.” Read more

Minister for Housing and Public Works and Minister for Science and Innovation The Honourable Leeanne Enoch, 24 Sep 2015