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, 2022
- 9 min
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
- Dec 8, 2021
- 1 min
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
- Sep 20, 2021
- 1 min
Medicines Australia Strategic Agreement is 'the end of the beginning'
Brendan Shaw Article published on 21 September 2021 in BioPharmaDispatch on the 2021 Strategic Agreement signed between the Australian...
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Brendan Shaw
- Sep 11, 2021
- 6 min
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 17, 2021
- 5 min
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...
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Brendan Shaw
- May 24, 2021
- 1 min
Opportunities for the Life Science Industry in Australia post-COVID
Brendan Shaw Article published 24 May 2021 on opportunities for Australia's life science sector in a post-COVID world can be found here....
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Brendan Shaw
- Apr 8, 2021
- 1 min
More risk for government this time around in agreement negotiation
Brendan Shaw Article published in BioPharmaDispatch 9 April 2021 on the risks for government and industry in negotiations on a new...
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Brendan Shaw
- Oct 14, 2020
- 3 min
The next 20-year PBS agenda: government commitments to new medicines spending
Brendan Shaw If it's real and if it sticks, the Australian government’s ‘New Medicines Funding Guarantee’ will be a significant...
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Brendan Shaw
- Oct 12, 2020
- 1 min
PBS New Medicines Funding Guarantee: echoes of elections past ...
Brendan Shaw Article published in BiopharmaDispatch on 13 October 2020 on the Australian Government's 2020 Budget announcement on funding...
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Brendan Shaw
- Sep 23, 2020
- 1 min
This could get messy: Trump’s New ‘Most Favoured Nation’ Executive Order on Medicine Pricing
Brendan Shaw Article published 24 September 2020 in PharmaBoardroom on US President Donald Trump's new Executive Order on Most Favoured...
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Brendan Shaw
- Jun 3, 2020
- 5 min
When profit isn’t everything: 46,000 years of cultural history vs the iron ore spot price
Brendan Shaw “Our people are deeply troubled and saddened by the destruction of these rock shelters and are grieving the loss of...
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Brendan Shaw
- Dec 4, 2019
- 5 min
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...
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Brendan Shaw and Orin Chisholm
- Jul 23, 2019
- 1 min
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 23, 2019
- 4 min
A minor issue?: minor parties and independents in the 2019 Australian election
There’s so much coming out of last weekend’s 2019 Australian federal election that pundits will be writing about it for months. But there...
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Brendan Shaw
- Apr 24, 2018
- 1 min
UK-Australia trade deal an opportunity for life sciences in both countries
Article published on PharmaTimes online can be found here. #Australia #UnitedKingdom #Brexit #Britain #trade #industrialpolicy...
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Brendan Shaw
- Nov 29, 2017
- 4 min
Brexit and life sciences: a British conundrum, an Australian perspective
Britain has a long tradition of excellence in developing medical breakthroughs. The breakthrough that transformed the world of medicine,...
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