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dave shanahan
Dec 30, 202419 min read
Return of "The Man"...the rise and rise of the Donald.
Well, 2024 departs as the ghost of Christmas past. It leaves the US stock market posting stellar gains, especially in tech. Nividia and...
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dave shanahan
Mar 10, 20232 min read
Fast forward to the past
The tech bonanza up to 2022 is well behind us as war in Europe, interest rates in the US and geopolitical tensions around oil,...
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dave shanahan
Jan 31, 20222 min read
Christmas post No.2 after Covid
DON'T BRING A KNIFE TO A GUNFIGHT Grateful for Covid vaccines as someone vaccinated before infection. Christmas for the Shanahan's -...
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dave shanahan
Jan 31, 20222 min read
Proud of these 2 Christmas posts on Linkedin with over 40,000 views between them - 1 of 2.
Leaving Covidium This past two years we have all been inhabiting "Covidium"- a bleak land of Corono virus and variants, blighted by...
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dave shanahan
Dec 24, 20212 min read
Groundhog or VE Day?
Bill Murray's Groundhog day started with the main character reliving the same day over and over if I recall...its a forgettable film so I...
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dave shanahan
Apr 20, 20216 min read
Better days ahead.
This picture of a beautiful Baptist church in Co Kildare, Ireland, where I live reminds me of better days ahead. As science, pharma...
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dave shanahan
Dec 23, 20202 min read
Here goes 2020....look out here comes 2021
Well this year will live long in the memory... Covid19 has transformed every aspect of our lives and our ideas about work, our...
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dave shanahan
Nov 2, 20202 min read
Here's one election we'll all remember
Tomorrow the US electorate goes to the polls, aside from some 90 or so million who have already cast and mailed their ballots. This is a...
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dave shanahan
Jul 2, 20205 min read
Protecting against SARS-CoV-2. "Simplicity is the Ultimate Sophistication" - (Da Vinci). An essay
Protecting against SARS-CoV-2. "Simplicity is the Ultimate Sophistication" - (Da Vinci). An essay (if you will), from someone with dearly...
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Dave Shanahan
Dec 6, 20193 min read
Bringing 2019 to a close
Its always hard at the beginning of a year to imagine how it may go. I've been an inveterate annual planner for many years and I often...
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Dave Shanahan
Aug 19, 20193 min read
All changed, changed utterly...
Its hard to think of a year in recent times where one has the feeling of standing on the cusp of history. Two defining and largely...
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dave shanahan
Nov 20, 20181 min read
FDA consulting on software for drugs
Today the FDA announced they will invite submission on the treatment of digital supports to patients such as APP's, dose calculators and...
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Dave
May 10, 20182 min read
Past Mayday and almost mid year
It's been too busy to update blogs regularly. I note my last blog was almost 6 months ago! Since then Mr Trump has presided over chaos,...
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Getting ready for 2018
Nov 29, 20172 min read
The year of the dog
As we get ready for new year's resolutions, its timely to reflect on 2017 ...just a little and on not a lot. The world is too sad and too...
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dave
Aug 9, 20172 min read
Don't predict the future.
In my last post almost 8 months ago I imagined US president Donald Trump would follow up on his rhetoric and begin the shake-up of the US...
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Dave
Mar 1, 20162 min read
Value versus wealth destruction
One must have pity for Valeant shareholders who have seen their previous wealth at $250 per share in August 2015 drop to $65 dollars per...
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Dave
Jan 16, 20164 min read
The Stock Market Correction has arrived
As anticipated given the PE ratio's of companies in the DOW, troubles in China coupled with rising concerns about the strength of the...
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dave shanahan
Nov 3, 20151 min read
Sometimes when its too good to last, its too good to last...
Recent blogs have focused on US Pharma Pricing practices. Since Turing Pharmaceuticals gouged the US market with astronomical price hikes...
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Reproduced from FierceHealthPayer by Annette Boyle
Oct 10, 20152 min read
Pay for performance
One of the characteristics of America's healthcare system is its adaptability to innovation and of course its focus on securing greater...
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Dave
Oct 5, 20152 min read
Shifting Sands, Pharma and Pricing
Fierce Pharma reports that Valeant's recent US price hikes which garnered negative publicity for two medicines are not isolated. "The...
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