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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Australia’s HTA Review Final Report
Brendan Shaw "The HTA Review Report is farsighted enough to be visionary, while being firmly grounded in the practicalities of the here...
Brendan Shaw
Nov 13, 20247 min read
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Is the new price right?: HTA takes a back seat to broader price negotiations
Brendan Shaw I don't always say this but spare a thought for the harried and hapless bureaucrats responsible for managing governments and...
Brendan Shaw
Oct 26, 20247 min read
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Could Human HTA Committees be Replaced with AI Systems?
Brendan Shaw Article published in PharmaBoardroom 18 September 2024 which can be found at: https://pharmaboardroom.com/articles/could-hum...
Brendan Shaw
Sep 20, 20241 min read
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Ghosts in the Machine: the search for productivity measures in health technology assessment
Brendan Shaw "If Nature abhors the void, the mind abhors what is meaningless. Show a person an inkblot, and he will start at once to...
Brendan Shaw
May 26, 20246 min read
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Land of the Long Wait Crowd: problems in New Zealand's medicine funding system
Brendan Shaw "It is so important that New Zealanders are able to access new, emerging and effective cancer treatments that are the...
Brendan Shaw
Sep 4, 20239 min read
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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...
Brendan Shaw
May 24, 20221 min read
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Jane Fonda, mix tapes & Australia's 5% discount rate: when time, health economics and ethics collide
Brendan Shaw How much do you value your future health? How much do you value the future health of your kids and your grandkids? And how...
Brendan Shaw
Mar 25, 20226 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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HTA 2.0: time for a reboot
A few days spent at the Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi) 2019 conference in Cologne this week gave a sense of how the...
Brendan Shaw
Jun 20, 20195 min read
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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...
Brendan Shaw
Oct 3, 20185 min read
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Martians, ministers and medicines funding: the budget impact problem
I can still remember that fateful day some years ago when I was sitting with a minister for health in their office and being told the...
Brendan Shaw
Feb 21, 20185 min read
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