FMC Australia is proud to have assisted the vision of the late Harry Perkins, the driving force behind the formation of the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research. He believed that with out a high quality research environment in Western Australia, it would be difficult to recruit and retain the best doctors and, as a consequence, service delivery to the community would inevitably suffer.

The “Vision for a Healthy Life” Campaign successfully raised over $20 million which established the Institute to conduct world class research promoting collaborative research endeavours through the strength and focus of one unified body.

Founded by the University of Western Australia and the research foundations at Sir Charles Gairdner and Royal Perth Hospitals, the Institute now provides the first multi-disciplinary, multi-campus institute of its kind in Australia.

WAIMR has also enjoyed growing commercial success, contributing to much of the State Biotechnology sector through the establishment of the spin off companies OzGene, Dimerix and GenAid, as well as the filing of a number of patents

Through its research and commercial activities, WAIMR has grown in size considerably, creating over 200 highly skilled jobs since inception in 1998 and due to its growing reputation, WAIMR continues to reverse the Brian Drain of Western Australia’s best scientific talent moving over east and over seas.

“With the general structure of WAIMR defined, it was essential that we had the funds to implement this exciting initiative. Fundraising therefore became the most important priority. We are indebted to many individuals, who gave so freely of their time to assist WAIMR raise the funds essential for success. I am also grateful to Fundraising Management Consultants’ for keeping us “on task” in our ambitious $20 million campaign.