CLINICAL TRIALS
A clinical trial is a scientific study, or an organised test of medicines and new treatment options involving patient and non-patient human volunteers. Clinical trials confirm whether medicines are safe and effective to introduce as new treatments for a particular disease or condition.
BENEFITS
Clinical trials benefit patients, the healthcare system, the broader medical research industry and the economy. Currently we enjoy a strong international reputation as a destination of choice for clinical trials. Clinical trials provide patients with access to new and potentially life-savings medicines.
clinical trials must conform to the Ethical Principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and to international Good Clinical Practice guidelines. Before a trial can go ahead it needs to be approved by independent ethics committees that operate according the guidelines issued by the Health and Medical Research Council.