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Podcast: Infection and Immunity
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Australia's first volunteer infection study facility

Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:18:40
Publish Date: 2024-03-28 04:30:49
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This week Doherty Clinical Trials Ltd, Australia’s first purpose-built facility specifically commissioned to deliver volunteer infection studies, was officially opened by the Victorian Minister for Medical Research, The Honourable Ben Carroll MP.

Doherty Clinical Trials has been established by the Doherty Institute to accelerate the development of novel medicines and vaccines through bespoke early phase clinical trials.

So, what is a volunteer infection study? How is it different to other clinical trial facilities? Find out more from Doherty Clinical Trials Chief Medical Officer, Professor James McCarthy and Director of the Doherty Institute, Professor Sharon Lewin.

Shownotes:

Doherty Clinical Trials website

Media release: Australia’s first purpose-built facility to deliver human challenge trials launches in Melbourne

The Age: Virus volunteers to help Melbourne’s new human trials clinic prepare for the next pandemic

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