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Bungled Brexit, Bad Boris and a Broken NHS: the issues stalking Britain’s national election
Brendan Shaw "This is now a nation of self-loathing globalists." -Janan Ganesh, Financial Times, 30 March 2024 It’s become a cliché in...
Brendan Shaw
Apr 1, 20248 min read
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Christmas Santa or Christmas Scrooge?: England's new medicines pricing regime sends mixed messages
Brendan Shaw “I will honour Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future....
Brendan Shaw
Dec 7, 20237 min read
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What future from a ‘no-deal’ Brexit for UK life sciences?
Brendan Shaw and Sunayana Shah With the Brexit negotiations between the United Kingdom and the European Union at an impasse and rising...
Brendan Shaw
Sep 12, 20206 min read
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The winter of discontent?: Britain's winter Brexit election
"Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York; And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house In the deep...
Brendan Shaw
Nov 1, 20194 min read
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Should I Stay or Should I Go?: Brexit the Musical
Should I stay or should I go now? Should I stay or should I go now? If I go there will be trouble And if I stay it will be double So you...
Brendan Shaw
Apr 27, 20193 min read
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The NHS 10-year plan: more artificial intelligence, less pigeon resuscitation
This week the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, announced the new 10-year plan for the National Health Service, with the claim that it...
Brendan Shaw
Jan 10, 20194 min read
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Brexit, Britain and belly laughs: reflections of an Australian political tragic*
"Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others." – Winston Churchill As the United Kingdom fast approaches the...
Brendan Shaw
Nov 25, 20184 min read
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UK-Australia trade deal an opportunity for life sciences in both countries
Article published on PharmaTimes online can be found here. #Australia #UnitedKingdom #Brexit #Britain #trade #industrialpolicy...
Brendan Shaw
Apr 24, 20181 min read
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Brexit and life sciences: a British conundrum, an Australian perspective
Britain has a long tradition of excellence in developing medical breakthroughs. The breakthrough that transformed the world of medicine,...
Brendan Shaw
Nov 29, 20174 min read
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