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The establishment of Australian Genome Therapeutics Centre

16 August 2021
Gene therapy

Gene Therapy

The Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network (SCHN) and Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI) are pleased to announce the establishment of the Australian Genome Therapeutics Centre (AGTC), which will transform the treatment of children with serious inherited diseases and contribute to the development of exciting new treatment options for a wide range of other diseases, including cancer, across...

Westmead Health Precinct funded $3M to step up fight against antibiotic resistant infections

18 May 2021

Funding

Three million dollars from the NSW Government, Federal Government and industry partners will now go towards establishing “Phage Australia” at the Westmead Health Precinct to step up the fight against antibiotic resistant infections. The Federal Government announced in the Budget last week it would invest $1 million on top of the NSW Government’s previous commitment of $1.15 million a...

GW Pharmaceuticals Reports Positive Phase 3 Pivotal Trial Results for EPIDIOLEX® (cannabidiol) Oral Solution in Patients with Seizures Associated With Tuberous Sclerosis Complex

03 June 2019
Medicinal Cannabis

- Achieved primary efficacy measure with both EPIDIOLEX doses as compared to placebo - - Represents the fifth consecutive positive Phase 3 pivotal trial for EPIDIOLEX - - Expect to file sNDA in Q4 2019 - Carlsbad, CA, May 6, 2019: GW Pharmaceuticals plc and its U.S. subsidiary Greenwich Biosciences Inc. (NASDAQ: GWPH, GW, the Company or the Group), the world leader in the scien...

TIA announces $8.8M investment in Cell and Gene Therapy facilities across Australia

31 May 2019
Media Release

Cell and gene therapies is an exciting and emerging field with massive potential to revolutionise how we treat many diseases, particularly cancers, with many clinical trials in progress or having been completed in Australia. Moreover, recent announcements regarding reimbursement for Kymriah® CAR-T therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia further highlights the promising therapeutic potential of...

Medicinal Cannabis:research key to safety for children with epilepsy

19 February 2018

Monday, 19 February 2018 Research is key in safe use of medicinal cannabis Safety should be the top priority when deciding to treat paediatric epilepsy with medicinal cannabis, according to an article published in the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) today. Cannabis for Paediatric Epilepsy: challenges and conundrums is the first account of the efficacies and comp...

New implant to help kids

20 December 2017
Media Release

In a world first, the OrthoPediatrics Wrist Fusion Plate has been launched onto the market. This implant will help children with severe wrist deformities and their carers to perform daily tasks. Prof David Little, Paediatric Orthopaedic surgeon at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, devised the concept, which was developed with his engineering colleagues in the EPIC 3D printing lab in the Hos...

HPV vaccine prevents rare childhood disease

09 November 2017

Adding to the list of world firsts in relation to the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Australian researchers have published the first evidence internationally that HPV vaccine prevents recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP). Children with RRP typically present in the first few years of life with a hoarse voice or difficulty breathing and require multiple surgical treatments to keep the...

Joined-up: School support for children with Autism

07 September 2017

7 September 2017: A new program to benefit children with autism launched today at the fifth Asia Pacific Autism Conference at the International Convention Centre in Sydney. The Westmead Feelings Program, published by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), aims to enhance the emotional awareness of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and mild intellectual dis...

2017 Influenza vaccine safety confirmed by Australian-first vaccine safety surveillance system

25 May 2017

AusVaxSafety introduces active safety surveillance of vaccines across the country to provide real-time monitoring, and boost confidence in immunisation May 19, 2017: New data released by the AusVaxSafety program have shown the 2017 Influenza vaccines to be safe, with no significant, unexpected or unusual reactions experienced by the close to 40,000 adults and children who h...

World-First – Youngest child undergoes own cord blood reinfusion to determine potential to prevent type 1 diabetes

09 January 2017

A 20 month old Australian girl will be reinfused with her own umbilical cord blood today to determine whether it will delay or prevent the onset of type 1 diabetes. For the CORD study (Cord Reinfusion in Diabetes), which is being conducted through the Kids Research Institute at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Lucy, will be the youngest child - from more than 100 children...

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