Imagion receives CSIRO grant for prostate cancer project
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IMAGION BIOSYSTEMS LIMITED
(ASX: IBX)
16 March 2021
Imagion receives CSIRO Federal Government grant for prostate cancer project
MELBOURNE — Imagion Biosystems Limited (ASX: IBX), a company dedicated to improving healthcare
through the earlier detection of cancer, is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of an Innovations
Connections grant under the Entrepreneurs’ Programme of the Australian Government Department of
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources.
Innovations Connections is a Federal Government funding program delivered by the CSIRO aimed to
facilitate connecting industry with researchers to help fast-track R&D projects. The $50,000 grant will be
used to help support a preclinical research project between Imagion and researchers at Monash University’s
Biomedicine Discovery Institute with the aim of achieving an early proof of concept validation of a
MagSense™ prostate cancer imaging agent.
“This collaboration with Monash, assisted by funding from CSIRO, helps jump start our prostate cancer
project by leveraging the expertise at Monash University and provides a key opportunity to advance our
MagSense technology for another important cancer indication,” said Bob Proulx, Executive Chairman of
Imagion Biosystems. “We’re grateful for the support from the Australian Government through the
Entrepreneurs’ Programme and their recognition of the medical need for improved methods of prostate
cancer detection.”
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men with the prostate cancer diagnostics market
valued at US $6.2 billion in 2019. While the widespread use of PSA testing over the past decades has
resulted in a significant increase in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer, PSA screening has come
under scrutiny because many men do not benefit from intervention because the disease is either indolent or
disseminated at the time of diagnosis. There is a clear unmet medical need for a non-invasive bio-safe
diagnostic technology that can identify high at-risk localized prostate cancer.
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About Imagion Biosystems
Imagion Biosystems is developing a new non-radioactive and safe diagnostic imaging technology.
Combining biotechnology and nanotechnology, the Company aims to detect cancer and other diseases
earlier and with higher specificity than is currently possible. Imagion Biosystems listed on the Australian
Securities Exchange (ASX) in June 2017.
About the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute at Monash University
Committed to making the discoveries that will relieve the future burden of disease, the newly
established Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute at Monash University brings together more than 120
internationally-renowned research teams. Spanning six discovery programs across Cancer, Cardiovascular
Disease, Development and Stem Cells, Infection and Immunity, Metabolic Disease and Obesity, and
Neuroscience, Monash BDI is one of the largest biomedical research institutes in Australia. Our researchers
are supported by world-class technology and infrastructure, and partner with industry, clinicians and
researchers internationally to enhance lives through discovery.
Imagion Biosystems Limited
ACN 616 305 027
Level 25, 525 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
www.imagionbiosystems.com
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Authorisation & Additional information
This announcement was authorised by the Disclosure Committee of Imagion Biosystems Limited
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Imagion Biosystems Limited
ACN 616 305 027
Level 25, 525 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
www.imagionbiosystems.com
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