Tuesday, October 29, 2024

8:30 AM - 1:00 PM

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The Melbourne Parkville Precinct is Australia’s, and one of the world’s, leading biomedical precincts. It delivers outstanding patient care, cutting edge research and discoveries, training to some of the country’s brightest minds, as well as economic value to Victoria. It is home to over 40 world class biomedical organisations including the headquarters of CSL. It is home to several hospitals delivering outstanding patient care, cutting edge research and discoveries and training to some of the country’s brightest minds. The Parkville tour will include presentations and tours including: Cell Therapies co-located at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, the only facility of its kind in Australia, manufacturing advanced cell-based therapies for patients in Australia and in our region. It is Australia’s only TGA-licenced GMP facility for manufacturing of both commercial and clinical trial T-cell products, such as CAR T-cell therapies National Drug Discovery Centre located at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, together with the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences The tour will provide a broader campus tour of the facilities including The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The Royal Children’s Hospital, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity and The University of Melbourne.