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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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Universal Health Coverage at the Half-Way Point: Political Disappointment & Business Opportunity

Brendan Shaw

Oct 9, 20231 min read

Universal Health Coverage at the Half-Way Point: Political Disappointment & Business Opportunity

Brendan Shaw Article published in PharmaBoardroom 9 October 2023 which can be found here: https://pharmaboardroom.com/articles/universal-...

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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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The Global Pandemic Agreement: Time to Get Serious

Brendan Shaw

Dec 8, 20211 min read

The Global Pandemic Agreement: Time to Get Serious

Brendan Shaw Article published in PharmaBoardroom on discussions on a new global pandemic agreement at the World Health Assembly...

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Australians now understand there is a 'queue' for new health technologies

Brendan Shaw

Dec 8, 20211 min read

Australians now understand there is a 'queue' for new health technologies

Podcast interview of Brendan Shaw with Paul Cross from BioPharmaDispatch, 8 December 2021 that can be heard here. The interview discusses...

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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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The NHS 10-year plan: more artificial intelligence, less pigeon resuscitation

Brendan Shaw

Jan 10, 20194 min read

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...

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Targets, takeovers and Tomb Raiders: things to watch in 2019 global health policy

Brendan Shaw

Jan 4, 20197 min read

Targets, takeovers and Tomb Raiders: things to watch in 2019 global health policy

As if to remind us how intertwined politics, economics and health care are in 2019, the year begins with the second-worst Ebola outbreak...

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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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The NHS – what lessons from a 70-year-old system of universal health coverage?

Brendan Shaw

Jul 12, 20185 min read

The NHS – what lessons from a 70-year-old system of universal health coverage?

“Society becomes more wholesome, more serene, and spiritually healthier, if it knows that its citizens have at the back of their...

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World Health Assembly: a change in the air?

Brendan Shaw

May 25, 20183 min read

World Health Assembly: a change in the air?

As delegates gathered at the Palais des Nations in Geneva this week for the 71st World Health Assembly I became increasingly convinced...

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Universal health coverage needs a new political campaign

Brendan Shaw

Apr 7, 20185 min read

Universal health coverage needs a new political campaign

In a recent poll Britons were asked what historical event in British history makes them feel proud. Believe it or not, the creation of...

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