Patents, access, and local production of medicines

Reflections from experiences in the SUS

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ID3074403
AutoresDaniela Rangel Affonso Fernandes (0000-0002-0969-2707, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), Carlos Augusto Grabois Gadelha (0000-0002-9148-8819, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), Jose Manuel Santos De Varge Maldonado (0000-0002-0815-1765, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz)
Ano2024
Volume33
Fascículo1
Data de publicação2024-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSaúde e Sociedade (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0104-1290 • E-ISSN: 1984-0470
EditoraFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0104-12902024220791en
OpenAlexW4392867243
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas18

This article aims to contribute to the literature and to the national and global debate on overcoming the polarization related to the legal and administrative aspect of the innovation process, seeking to focus on patents as a conditioning factor of the technological trajectories that enable learning in the productive scope. It was based on a theoretical and political framework related to innovation and access to medicines, especially regarding Intellectual Property rights, and on a critical-reflexive analysis of Intellectual Property instruments used in Productive Development Partnerships (PDP), developed by a public national institute for synthetic drug technology. The results demonstrate the importance of making patent rights compatible with the construction of technological and innovation capacities in the country, which are linked to universal access, especially when they involve products that are intended to treat serious, technologically complex and high-cost diseases. In conclusion, to overcome technological dependence and expand access to medicines in Brazil, the State must seek a balance between public and private interests in the healthcare area, articulate the existing legal instruments and align its health, industry, ST&I and intellectual property policies

Access to medicines · Balance (ability) · Bridging (networking) · Business · Economics · Intellectual property · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Production (economics) · Reflexivity · Scope (computer science) · Sociology · State (computer science) · Biotechnology and Related Fields · Intellectual Property and Patents · Law · Medicine · Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy