Emyria Adds Second Clinical Site in Perth
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ASX Announcement
02/03/2021
Emyria adds second clinic in Perth ahead of EMD-003 registration
trials
Highlights:
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Emyria has added a second suite of Emerald Clinics consulting rooms in Perth on
the back of continued appointment growth nationally
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Potential to double capacity of Perth and builds on recent expansion in Melbourne
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The new clinic is co-located with site of West Leederville Private Hospital
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Additional clinical rooms will also help support the pivotal clinical trials, currently in
planning, in support of the registration of EMD-003
Emyria Limited (ASX: EMD) (Emyria or the Company), a data-backed drug development
company, is pleased to announce the expansion of its clinical service subsidiary - Emerald
Clinics - with the addition of a second consulting suite in Perth. The expansion comes off the
back of record patient appointments in January 2021 and a recently announced expansion in
Victoria. (See ASX release 09 Feb 21)
Meeting growing patient demand and adding capacity for trials
The new Perth suite has capacity for 4 additional consulting rooms and is co-located within
the site of West Leederville Private Hospital complex.
The Perth expansion will boost clinical capacity in WA and support Emyria to:
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Improve patient access to Emerald Clinics services
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Conduct pivotal clinical trials currently being
planned for Emyria’s first drug development
program, EMD-003, targeting unmet needs in
mental health and seeking registration as a
Schedule 3 medicine. (See ASX release 05 Jan 21)
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Deliver on a recently awarded grant from the
WA Government. The grant award of $880,000
was won with research partner, the University
of Western Australia. Emyria’s technology and
team will play a lead role monitoring the clinical
and mental health of vulnerable patients remotely
(see ASX release 05 Feb 21)
West Leederville site
Emyria’s Managing Director, Dr Michael Winlo, said:
“Western Australia was the first Emerald Clinics location. Demand for our services from
both patients and referring doctors has grown every month since we opened. We anticipate
this expansion will allow us to improve our waiting times and see more patients which, in
turn, improves our proprietary data asset (Emyria Data).
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Insights from Emyria Data is now informing the design and planning of pivotal drug
registration clinical trials for our first drug program, EMD-003 - a cannabinoid medicine
targeting unmet needs in mental health.
The additional clinical capacity in Perth also allows us to support a wider range of clinical
trials in different indications as well as help us deliver on the recently awarded Future
Health Research and Innovation Grant involving our TGA-registered remote monitoring
system.”
The second Perth Emerald Clinics location is at - 2 McCourt Street, West Leederville.
This announcement has been approved and authorised for release by the Managing Director
of Emyria Limited.
For further information:
Dr Michael Winlo
Managing Director
(08) 6559 2800
mwinlo@emyria.com
Lexi O’Halloran
Media/Investor Relations
+ 61 (0) 404 577 076
lexi@janemorganmanagement.com.au
Andrew Williams
Media Relations
+61 (0) 412 614 125
andreww@profilemedia.com.au
About Emyria (www.emyria.com)
Emyria Limited is a data-backed, drug development company. Emyria’s Treatments target
unmet needs and are focused on obtaining approval from major global regulators. Emyria’s
drug development programs are informed by insights generated from extensive analysis of
Emyria Data - deep, ethically-sourced clinical evidence that is gathered with patients across
Emyria’s independent clinical services (Emerald Clinics - www.emeraldclinics.com.au)
Emyria Data provides deep treatment insights and is therefore a source of unique IP,
strategically designed drug development and personalised care programs.
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