AdvanCell, a Sydney, Australia-based clinical-stage radiopharmaceutical company developing innovative cancer therapeutics, received $18M in Australian Federal Government Funding from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Frontiers Initiative for ‘Defeating Prostate Cancer with Targeted Alpha Therapy’.
ìWith the support from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Frontiers Initiative, the goal of the multidisciplinary multi-institutional investigator team is to transform the clinical management of prostate cancer by leveraging leading therapeutic radiopharmaceutical technology paired innovative clinical development and a deep understanding of tumour biology to improve the lives of patients with prostate cancer.
The research program is enabled by AdvanCell’s proprietary (Lead-212) 212Pb alpha isotope production technology along with the delivery of a first-in-field clinical platform trial to accelerate the translation of 212Pb-based targeted alpha therapies, one of the most exciting breakthroughs in cancer treatment.
AdvanCell is collaborating with experts in Australia and globally. The clinical PIs include internationally renowned physician scientists Prof. Louise Emmett (St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney and University of New South Wales) and Prof. Shahneen Sandhu (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne).
Scientific investigators include Prof. Richard Payne (The University of Sydney), Prof. Matt Trau, Dr. Alain Wuethrich, Dr. Kevin Koo (The University of Queensland), Dr. Scott Lovell (University of Bath), A/Prof. Serigne Lo (Melanoma Institute Australia) and Dr. Thomas Kryza and Dr. Simon Puttick (AdvanCell).
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14/04/2025