Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)

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Last activity: 12.06.2026

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We’ve been making a difference in the lives of children for over 30 years, and have found cures and treatments for a range of childhood conditions.

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Location

Australia, Victoria, Melbourne

Employees

1001-5000

Phone

+61 3 8341 6200

Total raised

$15M

Founded date

1986

Funding Rounds 1

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May 20, 2025	Sam Altman-Backed Startup Aims to Add 10 Years to Human Life Through Stem Cell Tech	OpenAI’s Sam Altman has poured millions into the longevity-focused Retro Biosciences. Sean Gallup/Getty Images The average American can expect to live about 77 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retro Biosci...
Nov 26, 2024	Royal Melbourne Hospital partners with ANDHealth for tech surge	The Royal Melbourne Hospital has announced a new partnership with ANDHealth to enhance its access to digital and connected health technologies. This collaboration will allow the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) to gain early access to innovat...
Jun 25, 2024	Commentary: How travellers to Japan can guard against flesh-eating bacterial infections	SYDNEY: You may have heard reports in recent days of a “flesh-eating bacteria” spreading in Japan, referring to an illness that can occur with streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS). Media reports indicate the country has seen more than ...
Apr 29, 2024	Prota Therapeutics' CEO Mimi Tang honoured at BioMelbourne Network's Women in Leadership Awards 2024	MELBOURNE, Australia, April 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Prota Therapeutics' CEO Professor Mimi Tang has been honoured in the prestigious 2024 BioMelbourne Network Women in Leadership Awards. Professor Tang's exceptional work as a lead research...
Jun 1, 2023	Aravax doses first patient in Phase 2 peanut allergy clinical trials	MELBOURNE, Australia, June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The first patient has been dosed in a Phase 2 study (AVX-201) being run by biotechnology company Aravax, which is developing the novel therapy PVX108 for the safe and convenient treatment o...
Mar 10, 2023	Aravax initiates Phase 2 peanut allergy clinical trials in Australia	Aravax, a clinical stage biotechnology company developing next generation immunotherapies which are safe, convenient, and precisely targeted, today announces it has initiated the first clinical trial sites in Australia for AVX-201 in Austra...
Feb 26, 2023	With Apple Watch, Researchers Explore New Frontiers in Heart Health	Jessel Renolayan, Tech Times 26 February 2023, 10:02 pm In a single day, the heart of an average, healthy adult beats more than 100,000 times. Beat by beat, day by day, a picture begins to emerge - an image that goes largely unseen. Apple W...
Mar 16, 2021	Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Selects Unimarket for New eProcurement Solution	Murdoch Children's Research Institute will implement Unimarket's easy-to-use eProcurement solution. “The Unimarket team is thrilled to work with MCRI to deliver a simplified, end-to-end procurement solution. Our goal is to empower people to...
Apr 16, 2020	Covid-19 vaccine tracker updated to include GSK/Sanofi collaboration	By Jeff Craven Currently, there are no FDA-approved therapies or vaccines for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) within the National Institutes...
Apr 9, 2020	Covid-19 Tracker updates vaccine candidates	By Jeff Craven On March 11, the World Health Organization classified the Covid-19 outbreak as a pandemic. The disease has reached nearly every country, infecting hundreds of thousands of people and killing thousands. Curr...
Sep 29, 2016	MCRI receives $15m venture capital funding for peanut allergy treatment	Premium Australia’s largest child health research institute, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI), comes a step closer to finding a cure for peanut allergies after receiving $15 million in venture capital funding led by OneVentures. ...
Aug 23, 2016	Why This Australia City Has Become the Food Allergy Capital of the World	Hot on the heels of being deemed "the world's most liveable" city by The Economist, Melbourne is currently being given a less flattering title, that of the "food allergy capital of the world." And while the beauty, weath...
May 4, 2015	Growing up in the age of apps does’t have to be all bad	Interactive devices allow parents to occupy their children for a time so they can complete a range of daily activities, including catching up with friends, shopping and eating out. But their growing use has been accompanied by horror storie...
Jan 29, 2015	A peanut allergy cure might be on the horizon	After a 18-month period, more than 80 percent of the 28 kids given the treatment became tolerant to peanuts. These results are pretty astonishing, but the researchers don’t know exactly how long the effects last quite yet. Still, major prog...
	A peanut allergy cure might be on the horizon	Food allergies are a serious issue for many people – peanuts being one of the most problematic. And for some reason it’s getting worse, as IFLScience spelled out: Food allergies are on the rise in developed nations, but scientists aren’t su...

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FAQ about Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)

When was Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) founded?

Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) was founded in 1986.

How much funding has Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) raised?

Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) has raised $15M in total across 1 funding round.

What has the press written about Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)?

Parsers VC has collected 16 articles mentioning Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI), among them “Sam Altman-Backed Startup Aims to Add 10 Years to Human Life Through Stem Cell Tech” (May 20, 2025) and “Royal Melbourne Hospital partners with ANDHealth for tech surge” (Nov 26, 2024).

Is Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) still active?

Yes, Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jun 12, 2026.