Keytruda among topics for public talk on breakthrough cancer treatments

A free public talk will tell Nelsonians how major advances in cancer treatment have been achieved.
Ongoing debate over the public funding of melanoma drug Keytruda will be among the potential topics of discussion at the talk, being held at the Rutherford Hotel on Saturday night.
It the first event of the Queenstown Research Week, an international science conference being held in Nelson over the coming week.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/83626844/keytruda-among-topics-for-public-talk-on-breakthrough-cancer-treatments 

Drug trials - a way for NZ to get front and centre of new cancer therapies

New Zealand could become a mecca for clinical trials as “niche-busting” cancer drugs replace blockbusters, according to a US research leader. If it set up a database of all cancer patients’ medical histories, along with genetic profiles of their cancers, this country could attract companies wanting to trial new personalised drugs, University of Colorado associate professor of medicine and oncology Ross Camidge says.
“People would be beating down the door to work here,” he said, addressing a parliamentary breakfast in Wellington on Wednesday. New Zealand Association of Clinical Research president Kevin Sheehy says our cancer register could potentially link to genetic data and trial participation, provided privacy concerns were met.

http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news/2015/june-2015/26/drug-trials---a-way-for-nz-to-get-front-and-centre-of-new-cancer-therapies.aspx

Welcome to Cancer Trials New Zealand

If you have an idea for a clinical research project which you think Cancer Trials New Zealand could help with, in the first instance please contact Michael Findlay (Director), Sarah Benge (Research Manager) or Jane Wylie (Concept Development Officer) at cancertrialsnz@auckland.ac.nz.
Following this initial contact we will ask you to complete (as fully as possible) our Application for Clinical Project Support.  This form is available from the link below if you wish to start completing it sooner.  It has been designed to help guide you through the thought processes of what you are thinking/planning.

https://www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/en/sms/about/our-departments/oncology/cancer-trials-nz.html