Tributes are being paid to one of Australia’s leading GPs, Professor Chris Del Mar, who died over the weekend, aged 72.

The Gold Coast GP played a major role in the worldwide evidence-based medicine movement.

Ten years ago, he and his Cochrane Review team exposed the flawed evidence around the drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu), which was being stockpiled by governments after it was touted as an effective defence against  H1N1.

In a social media post this morning, his wife, Professor Tammy Hoffmann, wrote: “It has been a privilege and blessing to be part of his life.