Telethon Kids Institute Progresses Healthcare Goals With iPREP Biodesign Team

Telethon Kids Institute participated in iPREP Biodesign Round 3 2020.

Founded in 1990, the Telethon Kids Institute is now the largest medical research institute in Western Australia with more than 800 staff and students and annual revenues from grants, commercial partnerships and philanthropy exceeding $90 million. Respiratory infection is a leading global cause of illness and death. Telethon Kids Institute is currently developing a safe, non-invasive, low-cost prophylactic bacterial therapy for respiratory infections in children and adults. The iPREP Biodesign team was tasked with the development of a commercialisation plan for this project, including target market identification, regulatory pathways, market intelligence and identification of Funding Sources.

The student team consisted of Silvano Paternoster (Curtin), Farzaneh Eslamloo (ECU) and Xingang Li (ECU). Check out the outcomes achieved by this great iPREP Biodesign team!