Australia faces a shortage in manufacturing capabilities for regenerative therapies, affecting the supply and competitiveness of these treatments. The industry lacks manufacturing capacity, skilled workers, and infrastructure. The SMART CRC aims to address these challenges by uniting leading experts and companies to build an industry-led ecosystem. This collaboration will strengthen the manufacturing and innovation capabilities, transforming the sector into a mature and sustainable industry, benefiting Australia's economy, healthcare, and patients globally.
RMIT is a core partner and the Victorian Node lead for the SMART CRC and will collaborate on projects and contribute to the CRC’s four research programs.
The biomanufacturing program will address sector-wide regenerative therapy manufacturing challenges to develop a cost-efficient pipeline to bring new therapies to market for the benefit of Australian communities.
This program will develop and optimise bioseparation technologies and platforms which overcome specificity, throughput and quality challenges.
This program will tackle the increasing consumer need for personalised devices which are safe, effective and cost-efficient.
This program will focus on streamlining access to pre-clinical models, establishing quality metrics and analyses that reflect mechanism of action, and the design of clinical trials and their coordination.
The SMART CRC is a consortium of 63 partners comprising universities, other research organisations, and industry. View the list of partners.
If you would like any further information about our work or how you can be involved, please contact the Research Partnerships and Initiatives team via research.partnerships@rmit.edu.au.
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