Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business) Share this | Hansard source

You can't underestimate the impact of clinical trials. We are also as a government investing an additional $8 million in world-class clinical trials, focusing on conditions affecting the heart, preterm baby lungs, the brain, infection control and dementia. Five Australian-led trials will now receive funding from the Medical Research Future Fund International Clinical Trial Collaborations program.

The University of Western Australia will receive $1.8 million to investigate the best approach for treating severe narrowing of the aortic heart valve. Macquarie University will receive $3.1 million to investigate reducing the risk of dementia. The George Institute for Global Health will receive $902,000 to evaluate the best treatments for aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage caused by a burst artery in the brain. The University of Newcastle will receive some funding, as will Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.