Aussie-made drug helped change life of stroke survivor, experts hopeful of international trial [Video]

An Australian-made drug has helped change the life of a father and stroke survivor, with experts hopeful the early interim results will pave the way for an international trial.

Aaron Piper, 40, was getting his kids ready for school when a large clot lodged in his brain, causing him to have a stroke.

Brain scans in hospitals revealed the clot caused a significant amount of oxygen deprivation to the back of the brain.

Aaron had initially felt dizzy and then started to lose his balance.

“I got to the stage where I was crawling, my mobility and coordination was pretty much shot,” Piper told 9News.

“Forty is obviously very young to have something that’s going to impair me for the long run, especially with my …