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Brendan Shaw
Feb 23, 20225 min read
It’s the economy, stupid: the economic benefits of health spending
Brendan Shaw “Economic activity contracted in 90 per cent of the world’s countries in 2020. This exceeded the proportion hit by the two...
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Brendan Shaw
Feb 1, 20221 min read
Is 2022 the Pharma Industry’s ‘Call of Duty’ Moment?
Brendan Shaw Article published in PharmaBoardroom on 1 February 2022 on key trends for 2022 can be found here. #pharma #health #vaccines...
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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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Brendan Shaw
Dec 2, 20204 min read
COVID-19 vaccination a 12-month success for science, governments and industry
Brendan Shaw The news just in that the United Kingdom has formally approved the roll out of mass vaccinations for COVID-19 from next week...
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Brendan Shaw
Sep 1, 20194 min read
Biopharmaceutical industry comes through in dealing with Ebola
Recent news that two new drugs to treat the Ebola virus developed by the biopharmaceutical industry have achieved a 90% cure rate is...
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Brendan Shaw
Apr 9, 20195 min read
How do we turn the tide?: Winning the measles vaccination debate
“Of the modes of persuasion furnished by the spoken word there are three kinds. The first kind depends on the personal character of the...
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Brendan Shaw
Apr 26, 20185 min read
Anti-vaxxers should read Roald Dahl
“Are you feeling all right?” I asked her. “I feel all sleepy” she said. In an hour, she was unconscious. In twelve hours she was dead. - ...
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Brendan Shaw
Jan 16, 20184 min read
Influenza pandemics then and now - the 100th anniversary of the Spanish Flu pandemic
As the First World War was grinding to its end in 1918, reports started to emerge of an infectious disease in the trenches, army barracks...
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