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Never Waste a Good Crisis: Reflections on the 2025 World Health Assembly
Brendan Shaw Article published in PharmaBoardroom on 3 June 2025 can be found here: https://pharmaboardroom.com/articles/never-waste-a-go...
Brendan Shaw
Jun 31 min read


IMF says better investment in health programs could boost global economic growth and productivity
Brendan Shaw “The analysis reveals that although population aging poses challenges such as slower growth and increased fiscal...
Brendan Shaw
May 16 min read


Raising the Bar: How the 2024 Access to Medicine Index Shapes the Pharmaceutical Industry’s ESG Agenda
Unjela Kaleem Globally, the pharmaceutical industry has a crucial role, sitting at the nexus of innovation, ethics, and public health. As...
Brendan Shaw
Dec 2, 20244 min read


It’s not easy being green: environmental sustainability in health systems, health industries and health economics
Brendan Shaw “We are on the front lines.” - St Vincent and Grenadine’s Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, July 2024 . “Part of...
Brendan Shaw
Jul 25, 20248 min read


Short Memories: Has Health Fallen Off the Global Agenda? What Does it Mean for Pharma?
Brendan Shaw Article published in PharmaBoardroom on 26 June 2024 can be found at: https://pharmaboardroom.com/articles/short-memories-ha...
Brendan Shaw
Jun 27, 20241 min read


More ‘us’ and less ‘them’ thinking: a plea for 2024
Brendan Shaw “The governments may be different. But the people actually always have one desire and that is to live and to raise their...
Brendan Shaw
Jan 4, 20249 min read


Time to Build More Windmills: Reflections from the ChinaBio Innovation & Investment Conference 2023
Brendan Shaw Article published in PharmaBoardroom 19 October 2023 that can be found here: https://pharmaboardroom.com/articles/time-to-bu...
Brendan Shaw
Oct 21, 20231 min read


Universal Health Coverage at the Half-Way Point: Political Disappointment & Business Opportunity
Brendan Shaw Article published in PharmaBoardroom 9 October 2023 which can be found here: https://pharmaboardroom.com/articles/universal-...
Brendan Shaw
Oct 9, 20231 min read


The 2023 WHO Essential Medicines List & The Importance of Industry Engagement
Brendan Shaw Article published in PharmaBoardroom 8 August 2023 can be found here: https://pharmaboardroom.com/articles/the-2023-who-esse...
Brendan Shaw
Aug 8, 20231 min read


Back to the Future? Global Pandemic Treaty Negotiations Rumble On
Brendan Shaw Article "Back to the Future? Global Pandemic Treaty Negotiations Rumble On" published in PharmaBoardroom on 18 July 2023 can...
Brendan Shaw
Jul 18, 20231 min read


History, life expectancy and the impact of Covid-19
Brendan Shaw “… when famine, epidemic, migration and state failure are joined by further forces of disruption, like climate change, …....
Brendan Shaw
Mar 28, 20234 min read


Lessons learned: finance and resilience in post-COVID health systems
Brendan Shaw “If you staff at maximum capacity, well, then you have to price and cost for maximum capacity at all times. But then do you...
Brendan Shaw
Jul 24, 20226 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...
Brendan Shaw
Dec 8, 20211 min read


5 Trends for Life Science Companies to Watch in 2021
Brendan Shaw Article published in PharmaBoardroom on 14 January 2021 can be found here: https://pharmaboardroom.com/articles/5-trends-for...
Brendan Shaw
Jan 14, 20211 min read


A little less conversation, a little more action please: the global state of AMR
Brendan Shaw "A little less conversation, a little more action please All this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me A little more bite...
Brendan Shaw
Nov 23, 20205 min read


The economist, the activist and the epiphany: an argument about efficiency in health spending
Brendan Shaw "Don't think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money" - Voltaire Soon after arriving in...
Brendan Shaw
Aug 4, 20206 min read


Global trends in cardiovascular deaths: 30 years of country data
Brendan Shaw More people on the planet die from cardiovascular disease than any other illness or injury. Cardiovascular disease is...
Brendan Shaw
Jun 30, 20206 min read
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