News & Insights
Welcome to Bellberry’s blog. Here we publish commentary, updates, feature posts, and thought leadership on research ethics, regulation, participant experience, and system change. Discover what’s happening across the research and ethics landscape in Australia and beyond.
Healthcare & Life Sciences webinar invitation: conducting clinical trials in Australia
Join experts from Austrade, Baker McKenzie, Bellberry and IQVIA in a discussion on conducting clinical trials in Australia. This one hour webinar will explore: the benefits of conducting clinical trials in Australia for US companies the steps in the clinical trial process due diligence issues to consider how to apply for an Australian R&D tax incentive. […]
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ARCS 2021 MTP Award Winner!
Congratulations to Bellberry CEO Kylie Sproston on being a winner of the 2021 ARCS MTP Sector Awards. Kylie was announced as the Innovation award winner at the ARCS 2021 awards dinner in Sydney last night. Other recipients were NSW Health, Pathology, as innovation award winner and Co-Directors Nick Ward and Johanna Hann from PharmatoMarket winners […]
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ARCS 2021 Conference
Join us in Sydney next week for the ARCS 2021 annual conference. The conference is renowned for being the must-attend conference for the pharmaceutical and medical technology industries. It brings together decision-makers as well as a broad cross-section of people working in industry, government and the university sectors. The conference will provide a unique opportunity […]
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ACTA Trial of the Year Award Winners 2021
Breakthroughs in prostate cancer screening and a ‘watch and wait’ treatment for collapsed lung share the Australian Clinical Trials Alliance 2021 Trial of the Year Award The Australian Clinical Trials Alliance (ACTA) is pleased to announce dual winners of their preeminent 2021 ACTA Trial of the Year Award. This event celebrates the vital role trials […]
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Bellberry Celebrates International Clinical Trials Day
The Bellberry team celebrated International Clinical Trials day with a morning tea hosted by our EPCT team. Jerneen Williams (HREC EPCT Manager) provided information on the background to International Clinical Trials Day, gave an update on the EPCT team and showed two video clips showcasing clinical trials from two different perspectives – one from a […]
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Bellberry Clinical Trial Activity Report 2020
Bellberry is the largest independent reviewer of CTN trials in Australia. This year on Clinical Trials Day, we’re pleased to share a summary report which describes research activity overseen by Bellberry HRECs through 2020. This activity report represents a significant proportion of the Australia wide CTN trial activity across the development lifecycle. It demonstrates […]
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AusMedTech 2021
AusMedtech 2021: Reimagine and reconnect provides a week of virtual half-day sessions that represent Australia’s medtech industry; celebrate the successes and impacts the industry has made, and engage on the reimagined future of medtech. Kylie Sproston, Bellberry CEO, will be part of a panel discussion being held on Tues 18 May titled ‘Lessons learnt: Clinical […]
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2021 AAHRPP Annual Conference
The AAHRPP annual conference will take place from May 18 to May 20. Join Kylie Sproston, Bellberry CEO, and Dr. Amal Al Omari, Speakers Chief Scientific Officer King, Hussein Cancer Center at their session on May 20 entitled ‘International Research – Collaboration During Crisis’ REGISTER NOW!
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Site-specific clauses document update
Bellberry has updated the site-specific clauses document (BA F1.1.12) to include examples and a pre-submission checklist. Please note the following: Please see the updated form here.
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Registrations open for Clinical Trials 2021: National Tribute and Award Ceremony!
Join ACTA in honouring the remarkable Australians who advance our health system by designing, conducting, or participating in ground-breaking clinical trials and promote the importance of clinical trials and the expertise and complexity of the work involved. This collaborative event will recognise […]
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White Coats Foundation: Your Voice, Your Story
Sometimes it is difficult to put feelings into words. They say a picture can tell a thousand words, so the White Coats Foundation is inviting you to express ‘Your Voice’ by creating a picture, painting, symbol or sending in a photo that represents what clinical trials mean to you. Perhaps you are a patient that […]
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QUT Faculty of Health Student Awards
On Tuesday 13th April QUT (Queensland University of Technology) Faculty of Health held their student excellence awards ceremony. In 2018 as part of our donations program, Bellberry gave support to QUT with the launch of the 3-year Bellberry Biomedical Ethics student prize. The winner of the Bellberry Biomedical Ethics prize for the 2020 academic year […]
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Join the Bellberry Team
Bellberry has a team of office-based staff who support the administrative function of the HREC process. The team includes secretarial, IT and project professionals. We currently have a vacancy for an HREC Officer.
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Process changes at Bellberry
It is now several months since Bellberry updated its procedures and we are pleased to report that there has been a significant drop in start-up times for additional sites. The table beneath is a comparator of Jan/Mar 2020 to 2021. These months have been chosen as Jan/Mar may pre-date any COVID related issues sites may […]
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Power of One Grant
The Power of One campaign is run by the White Foundation. The Foundation was established in recognition of the need to raise awareness about the role of clinical trials in advancing medical science and healthcare. Applications are now open for the Power of One 2021. The Foundation encourages applications that align with their annual research […]
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Human Research Ethics Committees
Discover how Bellberry's committees operate and maintain the highest ethical standards in research.
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Monitoring & Quality
Learn about Bellberry's continuous improvement and oversight processes that ensure accountability.
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Grant Activities
See how Bellberry reinvests in research education and participant-focused initiatives.
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