, /PRNewswire/ -- HaemaLogiX Ltd, a clinical stage biotech developing novel immunotherapies for patients with blood cancers and B-cell diseases, is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor the Hon Greg Hunt, former Australian Federal Minister for Health, to the HaemaLogiX Board as a Non-Executive Director. This appointment marks the first corporate directorship that Prof Hunt has accepted since completing his period as Minister for Health. As the Federal Minister for Health from 2017 to 2022, Prof Hunt oversaw response to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
He established telehealth as a permanent and universal centrepiece of Medicare, publicly funded universal healthcare scheme. In addition, Prof Hunt reformed private health and established long-term plans for mental health, aged care, medical research and primary care and listed over 2,000 new and amended medicines for public access. As Minister for Industry, Innovation & Science, Prof Hunt laid the foundation for the Australian Space Agency.
As Minister for the Environment, he established the Emissions Reduction Fund, the Green Army, the Reef Trust and helped lead negotiations for the Montreal Protocol update and Paris Climate Change Accord. For his work as Environment Minister, Prof Hunt was named Best Minister in the World at the World Government Summit in 2016. Outside of his political career, Prof Hunt holds academic appointments with world-class institutions including the and University College, .
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