Promoting and regulating generic medicines: Brazil in comparative perspective

Autor(es)

da Fonseca, Elize Massard ; Shadlen, Kenneth C.

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública = Pan American Journal of Public Health; v. 41, 2017.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

Promoting the use of generic drugs can constitute a core instrument for countries' national pharmaceutical policies, one that reduces drug expenditure while expanding health care access. Despite the potential importance of such policy measures and the differences among national practices, scholars embarking on comparative analysis lack a roadmap for determining which dimensions of generic drug policy to assess and compare. This report fills that gap by considering national rules and regulations across four dimensions deemed crucial to any evaluation: demonstrated therapeutic equivalence; pharmaceutical packaging and labeling; drug prescription; and drug substitution. Furthermore, this report examines how the diverse interests of public and private sector stakeholders might shape generic drug policy and its implementation. To illustrate the challenges and conflicts behind policy development and implementation, this report focuses on the case of Brazil. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 15/18604-5 - Políticas para competitividade do setor farmacêutico: uma análise da experiência brasileira
• Beneficiário: Elize Massard da Fonseca
• Linha de fomento: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Apoio a Jovens Pesquisadores
• Processo FAPESP: 14/07725-3 - Política industrial e medicamentos no Brasil: estado, mercado e arranjo setorial
• Beneficiário: Elize Massard da Fonseca
• Linha de fomento: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado