O acesso aos medicamentos: políticas públicas de implementação para efetivação do direito fundamental à saúde e as licenças compulsórias

Abstract

Access to medicines as a fundamental right to health is guaranteed by the Federal Constitution, as well as by ordinary laws, which may entail limitation in the protection of intellectual property. The compulsory licensing of medicines constitutes the most efficient mechanisms for access to health guarantee by the population in our country. The case of the drug Efavirenz was adopted in the compulsory license to guarantee access to the use of this medicine for people with HIV. Licensing is in line with public policies on access to health.