@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00014342,
 author = {SORTE, JUNIOR  Waldemiro Francisco},
 journal = {国際開発研究フォーラム, Forum of International Development Studies},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {Th World Health Organization estimates that only approximately one third of the world population have regular access to essential medication. Most of the deprived households are in developing countries. Studies on the pharmaceutical industry are thus particularly relevant for improving the health situation of the developing world and to increase new drug development for diseases that afflict the poor. Furthermore, as a knowledge-intensive sector, the pharmaceutical industry is of strategic importance for decreasing the developing countries' dependence on foreign technology and to stimulate innovation. This paper is based on fieldwork visits to state-owned pharmaceutical laboratories and semi-structured interviews with key public officials in Brazil and aims to analyze what kind of policy mixture is the most effective in order to ensure access to essential medicines in developing countries and to nurture the growth of the domestic pharmaceutical industry. It shows that centralized public procurement is being used by the Brazilian government to nurture the development of the pharmaceutical industry and improve health care delivery. In addition, it demonstrates that the technology backwardness of the Brazilian pharmaceutical sector and the lack of alignment between the Ministry of Health's priorities and public laboratories' production activities are critical constraints for the sustainability of public health programmes in Brazil.},
 pages = {175--193},
 title = {The Role of Governmental Policies in Nurturing the Pharmaceutical Industry in Brazil: The Mix of Centralized Procurement, Public Drug Production and Public-private Partnerships},
 volume = {41},
 year = {2012}
}