Déjà vu all over again?: Australia’s industrial policy debate
Brendan Shaw “Although it is portrayed as a forward-looking approach to industry policy, there is much that is “old‑think” about it … the...
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Brendan Shaw
Nov 29, 20225 min read
From the sublime to the ridiculous: 5 years of Shawview Consulting blogs
Brendan Shaw Every month since I first started Shawview Consulting back in 2017, I have written a blog. Shawview has just celebrated its...
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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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Brendan Shaw
May 8, 20229 min read
Will she be right?: the ‘non-issues’ of the 2022 Australian federal election
Brendan Shaw As Australia is about to undergo its three-yearly ritual of a national election later this month, I am struck by the number...
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Brendan Shaw
Nov 22, 20216 min read
The rise of India's pharmaceutical sector
Ambrish Singh & Brendan Shaw "The Indian pharmaceutical industry has been a key aspect for the Indian economy." - Indian Prime Minister,...
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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 10, 20201 min read
Creeping Through the Backdoor: Disruption in Medicine and Health
Brendan Shaw and Orin Chisholm Article published in the journal Frontiers in Pharmacology on 10 June 2020 on whether health systems can...
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Brendan Shaw and Orin Chisholm
Jul 23, 20191 min read
Australia's National Medicines Policy is outdated and in need of review
Article published with Associate Professor Orin Chisholm from the University of New South Wales on 22 July 2019 in the Medical Journal of...
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Brendan Shaw
May 12, 20191 min read
Reflections on the art of political campaigning and advocacy
Deciding if, how and when to engage in an election campaign for an industry association like Medicines Australia probably is more art...
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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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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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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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Brendan Shaw
Aug 24, 20184 min read
Black swans, disruption and dealing with the unexpected: lessons from the 17th century
"rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno” ("a rare bird in the lands and very much like a black swan”) - Juvenal, Roman satirist,...
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Brendan Shaw
Jul 27, 20185 min read
Can we handle a cure?: the politics and economics of hepatitis C treatment
When the first of the new hepatitis C medicines, the direct acting antivirals (DAAs), entered the market about five years ago they became...
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