Clinical trials in Victoria

Victoria is the premier location for research and clinical trials in Australia.

The Victorian Government has implemented a streamlined ethical review process to:

• provide a faster, more efficient process for conducting health and medical research at multiple sites
• provide cost-effective healthcare through health and medical research that generates evidence on the most effective medical treatment for patients
• speed up therapeutic product development aimed at world markets
• improve delivery of new medical treatments to patients early in the development of innovative approaches for medicines, medical devices and biologicals.

Further information on clinical trials in Victoria can be found on the Clinical Trials and Research website.

BioNTech Clinical Cancer Program

The BioNTech Clinical Cancer Program will deliver next generation personalised cancer treatments for up to 4,000 patients across Australia over the next 10 years.

Clinical Trials Oncology Platform

As part of the program, a new Clinical Trial Oncology Platform has launched to improve access to the next generation of investigational cancer treatments for Australians.

BioNTech entered into an agreement with the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre to establish the platform, creating a network of key delivery partners including Austin Health, Alfred Health and Monash Health.

The platform is designed to streamline clinical trials through efficient data collection, planning and patient access. Its objective is to improve access for cancer patients to BioNTech’s innovative clinical trials across Australia, giving them more investigational treatment options.

BioNTech is working with internationally renowned principal investigators and clinical trial teams from hospitals across Melbourne, regional Victoria and Australia to offer investigational targeted treatments for lung, breast, melanoma, head and neck cancers and other common cancers, with more to come.

The program builds on BioNTech’s existing clinical footprint and collaboration partnerships across Australia.

For more information about mRNA Victoria and clinical trials, please contact us via email mRNAvictoria@ecodev.vic.gov.au or follow us on LinkedIn.