Benitec Biopharma Limited announced the formation of its Hepatology Clinical Advisory Board. The newly appointed Clinical Advisory Board will serve as a strategic resource to Benitec as it continues to developtherapies for the treatment of hepatitis B and C. The inaugural members of the Hepatology Advisory Board were Geoffrey McCaughan, Harry Janssen, and Keyur Patel. Geoffrey McCaughan, PhD, MD, MBBS, FRACP, AW Morrow Professor of Medicine at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and the University of Sydney, and Head of the Liver Injury & Cancer Program at the Centenary Institute, Sydney, Australia.

Harry Janssen, PhD, MD, Professor of Medicine, Francis Family Chair in Liver Research and Head of Liver Clinic at Toronto Western and Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada. Keyur Patel, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Toronto Western Liver Clinic, University, Health Network, Toronto, Canada.