Australia’s largest clinical trial to share in millions
Trial of daily aspirin use for disease prevention in older Australians will receive part of $483 million in grants for health and medical research announced by the Minister for Health.
More than 1900 researchers will share in the funding, which will support 601 grants across four National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grant schemes.
Professor John McNeil of Monash University was awarded $4,796,724 for the ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE) trial, the biggest clinical trial to be undertaken in Australia.
