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Brendan Shaw

Apr 18 min read

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

Dec 6, 20237 min read

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

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...

Brendan Shaw

Jun 17, 20215 min read

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

Sep 12, 20206 min read

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

Dec 4, 20195 min read

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

Nov 1, 20194 min read

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

Apr 27, 20193 min read

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

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...