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Recognising rebates: the role of pharmaceutical companies in funding UK and Australian pharmaceutical schemes
Brendan Shaw and Vinh Vo The United Kingdom and Australia have a long tradition of mostly friendly rivalry over things like cricket and...
Brendan Shaw
Feb 257 min read
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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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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...
Brendan Shaw
Sep 11, 20216 min read
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Fair dinkum or collywobbles? Life sciences and the Australia – UK free trade agreement
Brendan Shaw “Fair dinkum – (adj, Australian informal), true, genuine, authentic” - Aussie Slang Dictionary “Collywobbles – (noun, UK...
Brendan Shaw
Jun 17, 20215 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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What trade war?: Western and Chinese life science companies just get on with it
"When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills" - Chinese proverb There’s been a lot said about the...
Brendan Shaw
Dec 4, 20195 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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