Initiatives to challenge patent barriers and their relationship with the price of medicines procured by the Brazilian Unified National Health System

Since 1996, when antiretroviral (ARV) treatments started being guaranteed to people living with HIV in Brazil, the government has faced the challenge of ensuring sustainability of this policy within a context of incorporating patented medicines. This article sought to analyze the historical series of the price of lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r) in Brazil and in the international market also considering the initiatives to challenge patent barriers between 2001 and 2012. The methods used were mapping initiatives to challenge LPV/r patent barriers and the analysis of historical series of its price in Brazil and in the international market. Results show that, between 2001 and 2003, there were efforts to use compulsory licensing as a threat. From 2005 to 2007, initiatives by different satkeholders were identified: declaration of public interest, pre-grant opposition ("support to examination") and civil action. From 2006 to 2008, compulsory licensing initiatives in other countries resulted in a price reduction in Brazil. Between 2009 and 2012, there was a 30% reduction in the Brazilian purchasing price.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:32

Enthalten in:

Cadernos de saude publica - 32(2016), 11 vom: 01. Dez., Seite e00113815

Sprache:

Portugiesisch

Weiterer Titel:

Iniciativas de enfrentamento da barreira patentária e a relação com o preço de medicamentos adquiridos pelo Sistema Único de Saúde

Beteiligte Personen:

Scopel, Carolinne Thays [VerfasserIn]
Chaves, Gabriela Costa [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

2494G1JF75
Anti-HIV Agents
Journal Article
Lopinavir
O3J8G9O825
Ritonavir

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 03.05.2017

Date Revised 17.08.2017

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1590/0102-311X00113815

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM266885276