A FRESH START / A NEW WORLD

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Volume 23 Issue 4 July/Aug 2023

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And so each venture is a new beginning.”

T.S Eliots words have been perhaps more relatable than ever given the nature of my stop-start year. Having found myself sleeping in the north-Indian desert, wandering the streets of Kyoto, and attempting to drive a motorbike across Thailand, I would have been hard pressed into believing that, come Summer, I would have to be introducing myself to a new collection of readers, in a completely new industry. Moving from sports and fashion into pharma may not be a well-worn path, nonetheless, the significance and importance of the pharma industry far outweighs the faux importance of my former subjects. The industry is designed to help keep people safe, healthy, and happy. Yet, when I sat down for my first week in the office, keen as ever to get as well acquainted as possible with an industry so vast, I was left slightly dismayed that I was greeted with the depressing drivel of former Health Secretary Matt Hancock casually noting that the UK government came “within hours” of running out of intensive care medication during pandemic.