HEALTH Minister Greg Hunt has announced $1 million in funding for a trial of perispinal etanercept, a new drug treatment which aims to help stroke victims recover faster.
It is the first Australian clinical trial of its type, with the treatment having been used in the USA to treat chronic stroke and brain injury in selected patients.
The drug is said to reduce brain inflammation and therefore the impact of a stroke.
Hunt noted that stroke kills more women than breast cancer, and more men than prostate cancer, and is a leading cause of disability.
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