Integrating Science, Technology and Health Policies in Brazil: Incremental Change and Public Health Professionals as Agents of Reform

Autor(es)

da Fonseca, Elize Massard ^[1] ; Shadlen, Kenneth ^[2] ; Bastos, Francisco Inacio ^[3]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Sao Paulo Business Sch EAESP FGV, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] London Sch Econ, Dev Studies, London - England

^[3] Minist Hlth, Oswaldo Cruz Fdn Fiocruz, Rio De Janeiro - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES; v. 51, n. 2, p. 357-377, MAY 2019.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

Brazil has encouraged an ambitious set of policies towards the pharmaceutical industry, aiming to foster technological development while meeting health requirements. We characterise these efforts, labelled the Complexo Industrial da Saude' (Health-Industry Complex, CIS), as an outcome of incremental policy change backed by the sustained efforts of public health professionals within the federal bureaucracy. As experts with a particular vision of the relationship between health, innovation and industry came to dominate key institutions, they increasingly shaped government responses to emerging challenges. Step by step, these professionals first made science and technology essential aspects of Brazil's health policy, and then merged the Ministry of Health's new focus on science, technology and health with industrial policy measures aimed at private firms. We contrast our depiction of these policy changes with a conventional view that relies on a partisan orientation of the executive. (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