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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Australia’s HTA Review Final Report

Brendan Shaw

Nov 137 min read

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Australia’s HTA Review Final Report

Brendan Shaw "The HTA Review Report is farsighted enough to be visionary, while being firmly grounded in the practicalities of the here...

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Is the new price right?: HTA takes a back seat to broader price negotiations

Brendan Shaw

Oct 267 min read

Is the new price right?: HTA takes a back seat to broader price negotiations

Brendan Shaw I don't always say this but spare a thought for the harried and hapless bureaucrats responsible for managing governments and...

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Could Human HTA Committees be Replaced with AI Systems?

Brendan Shaw

Sep 201 min read

Could Human HTA Committees be Replaced with AI Systems?

Brendan Shaw Article published in PharmaBoardroom 18 September 2024 which can be found at: https://pharmaboardroom.com/articles/could-hum...

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Ghosts in the Machine: the search for productivity measures in health technology assessment

Brendan Shaw

May 266 min read

Ghosts in the Machine: the search for productivity measures in health technology assessment

Brendan Shaw "If Nature abhors the void, the mind abhors what is meaningless. Show a person an inkblot, and he will start at once to...

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Land of the Long Wait Crowd: problems in New Zealand's medicine funding system

Brendan Shaw

Sep 4, 20239 min read

Land of the Long Wait Crowd: problems in New Zealand's medicine funding system

Brendan Shaw "It is so important that New Zealanders are able to access new, emerging and effective cancer treatments that are the...

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Pharmaceuticals Take Centre Stage in Australian Election Campaign

Brendan Shaw

May 24, 20221 min read

Pharmaceuticals Take Centre Stage in Australian Election Campaign

Brendan Shaw Article on the 2022 Australian national election campaign published on 25 May in PharmaBoardroom. The article examines the...

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Jane Fonda, mix tapes & Australia's 5% discount rate: when time, health economics and ethics collide

Brendan Shaw

Mar 24, 20226 min read

Jane Fonda, mix tapes & Australia's 5% discount rate: when time, health economics and ethics collide

Brendan Shaw How much do you value your future health? How much do you value the future health of your kids and your grandkids? And how...

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NICE methods review, UK Life Sciences Strategy and the life sciences industry: lessons for Australia

Brendan Shaw

Sep 11, 20216 min read

NICE methods review, UK Life Sciences Strategy and the life sciences industry: lessons for Australia

Brendan Shaw “We must balance ensuring the NHS gets the best value, delivering improved patient access and promoting innovation. These...

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Brendan Shaw

Jun 20, 20195 min read

HTA 2.0: time for a reboot

A few days spent at the Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi) 2019 conference in Cologne this week gave a sense of how the...

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Universal health coverage and health technology assessment in Sub-Saharan Africa

Brendan Shaw

Oct 3, 20185 min read

Universal health coverage and health technology assessment in Sub-Saharan Africa

" Africa's progress, if it is noticed at all, is seen as an improbable stroke of good fortune, a temporary break from its impoverished...

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Martians, ministers and medicines funding: the budget impact problem

Brendan Shaw

Feb 21, 20185 min read

Martians, ministers and medicines funding: the budget impact problem

I can still remember that fateful day some years ago when I was sitting with a minister for health in their office and being told the...

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