About the Event

The MTPConnect WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub invites you to join the monthly WA MTP Sector Spotlight Series event.

Our monthly breakfast series is an opportunity for representatives from across the MTP sector to connect, collaborate and learn about upcoming opportunities, and hear the stories and successes of WA organisations developing health and medical innovations. Join us over a light breakfast in the last week of each month at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research.

About this Event

Featuring PYC Therapeutics (ASX: PYC) – offering a new generation of RNA therapeutics to meet unmet need in disease.

PYC Therapeutics is a pre-clinical stage biotechnology company pioneering a new generation of RNA therapeutics to overcome the major challenges of current genetic medicines. The company is developing a pipeline of novel therapies including three preclinical stage programs focused on inherited eye diseases and preclinical discovery efforts focused on neurodegenerative diseases.

PYC’s discovery and laboratory operations are located in Australia, and the company’s preclinical, clinical, regulatory and corporate operations are based in San Diego, California.

During this Spotlight event, PYC Therapeutics’ CEO Dr Rohan Hockings and CSO Professor Sue Fletcher AO will discuss the company’s transition from drug discovery to drug developer, scaling a biopharma company, and the experience of transitioning from academia into commercial roles.

Agenda
7:30am Breakfast and networking
8:00am Guided fireside chat
9:00am Event close

COVID-19 considerations – PLEASE READ
All visitors entering the Perkins building will be required to provide evidence of double vaccination at point of entry. Cloth masks are not allowed to be worn in the building. Disposable masks will be available at the Concierge for those who arrive wearing a cloth mask. The breakfast networking portion of the morning will be held in an outdoor space adjacent to the Perkins. You will be required to wear a mask at all times whilst in Perkins, including in the audience during the fireside chat. There will still be opportunities to ask questions of the speakers in a COVID-safe manner. Light breakfast and beverages will be provided in a COVID-safe manner. There is an option to view this event online, which you can select during the registration process (virtual attendance). Please contact Rebekah.craggs@mtpconnect.org.au if you have any issues or need to change your attendance.

Information:

Click here for more information and to REGISTER.

For any queries, please get in touch with Dr Tracey Wilkinson attracey.wilkinson@mtpconnect.org.au.

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