Brendan Shaw "When it comes to discovering medicinal products found in nature, we’ve barely scratched the surface." - Piper, R. et al, 2018 "Nature is a rich source of medicine – if we can protect it", The Conversation Amid all the arguments that go on in health care, the science that goes on behind it all sometimes really blows my mind. I’ve been working in the pharmaceuticals and healthcare policy and business space for decades now, but it still never ceases to amaze me whe

Brendan Shaw “Our people are deeply troubled and saddened by the destruction of these rock shelters and are grieving the loss of connection to our ancestors as well as our land” - Puutu Kunti Kurrama people, traditional owners of Juukan Gorge Caves, Western Australia In recent days, one of Australia’s largest mining companies blew up two historic Aboriginal cave sites in the Pilbara in Western Australia that were dated at more than 46,000 years old. The destruction of a piece