1. NSW Government Agencies Supporting Clinical Trials Strategic Planning, Policy Advice & Funding for Medical Research Economic Development & Support for Business Innovations Facilitates Access to Patients, Governance of Clinical Trials & Funding for Infrastructure Provide Infrastructure funding & Policy Advice for Cancer Trials

2. NSW Clinical Trials Statistics NSW is home to 80% of the pharmaceutical companies NSW is home to over 200 life-science & biotech companies NSW has a third of the Australian population NSW has a diverse ethnic and socio-economic mix NSW has strong & informed community support for research NSW has outstanding clinical research institutes in 6 major hubs NSW Health reviews ~ 500 clinical trials each year –Oncology, Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Immunology& Infectious Diseases

3. NSW Capabilities for Clinical Trials Statewide infrastructure to facilitate multi-centre clinical trials –Aggregation of research into geographical hubs –Establishment of clinical research networks across hubs –Funding of research enabling infrastructure & clinical trials –Funding programs to support research commercialisation Largest national & international clinical trials centers: –The George Institute –The Clinical Trials Centre (CTC) National research enabling facilities in NSW: –CTC Hosts the NHMRC national clinical trials register –APAF Australian Proteome Analysis Facility –NANO Nanostructural Analysis Network Organisation –CSIRO Mathematics & Statistics for Biotechnology & Health Informatics –ANSTO Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation

4. NSW Initiatives supporting Clinical Trials Streamlined research approvals & governance: –Streamlined scientific review & ethical approval of clinical trials –Standardised electronic application and monitoring forms –Accreditation of Human Research Ethics Committees –Implementing Good Research Governance practices –Infrastructure support to underpin good clinical practice –Data Linkage Unit to facilitate clinical data exchange Clinical Research Networks to facilitate multi-centre trials Advanced Computing Networks & Research Informatics facilities to provide secure, rapid data collection and analysis –NICTA, ac3, CSIRO Biotech Directories: –NSW Science and Medical Research Directories –NSW Regulatory Atlas –NSW Biotechnology directory