TRANSFERÊNCIA DE TECNOLOGIA E ECONOMICIDADE NAS PARCERIAS PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO PRODUTIVO DO MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE

The Partnerships for Productive Development are a Ministry of Health policy to internalize the production technology of drugs and inputs considered strategic for the Brazilian public health system. The policy instruments combine the federal government purchasing power, investments on public laboratories and incentives for private technologies owners to transfer their technologies to national producers, both public and private. One of the main goals of the policy is to reduce the purchase price of high-cost drugs. In this sense, this article analyzes the evolution of the real prices of the drugs targeted by the policy, in order to evaluate if the intended cost-savings is being achieved. For the eleven drugs analyzed in this study, only two were not economically compatible with the policy. In addition to the price reduction, the increase in the quantities acquired was also observed, allowing the expansion of the supply of products in the public health system.