NOBEL PRIZE FOR MEDICINE Prof Barry Marshall -Prof Robin Warren AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR Prof Fiona Wood Prof Fiona Stanley HEALTH REFORM AGENDA $3.6b MEDICAL RESEARCH FACILITIES $130m CENTRE FOR GENOMIC MEDICINE - Health Records Genomics Clinical Trials BIOTECHNOLOGY STRATEGY - Alan Carpenter (Premier/Minister for State Development) - Francis Logan (Minister for Science and Innovation) KEY INITIATIVES IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA

KEY CAPABILITIES IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA UNIVERSITIES –University of Western Australia –Curtin University –Murdoch University –Edith Cowan University –Notre Dame University RESEARCH INSTITUTES –Western Australian Institute for Medical Research –Lions Eye Institute –Institute for Child Health Research OTHERS –CSIRO –Agriculture Institute –Marine Institute –Animal Resource Centre

KEY STATISTICS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANIES –Chemeq –Ozgene –C3 –Phylogica / Dimerix –Solbec CLINICAL TRIALS –> 200 pa, mainly late Phase II, III –Outstanding Health Records –Excellent Clinicians –Hospital Linkage Capture –New Phase I Facility Under Development –Proximity to Asia / Same Time Zone

KEY CONTACTS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA KEITH ANTHONISZ Manager, Biotechnology Department of Industry and Resources Government of Western Australia 1 Adelaide Terrace EAST PERTH WA 6004 AUSTRALIA Telephone: Facsimile: Web: PROF PETER KLINKEN Director, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research Level 6, MRF Building Rear 50 Murray Street PERTH WA 6000 AUSTRALIA Telephone: /334 Facsimile: website: