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The Brazilian Pharmaceutical Industry: Actors, Institutions, and Policies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 December 2023

Julia Paranhos ,
Lia Hasenclever  and
Fernanda S. Perin
Julia Paranhos
Affiliation:
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO (IE/UFRJ), BRAZIL
Lia Hasenclever
Affiliation:
CANDIDO MEDNES UNIVERSITY (UCAM-CAMPOS), BRAZIL
Fernanda S. Perin
Affiliation:
BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY (BCU), UNITED KINGDOM
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Abstract

This paper aims to characterize the main actors in the Brazilian pharmaceutical industry — national companies, foreign companies and public laboratories — and analyze how they were affected and how they reacted to changes over the last 30 years in the institutional framework. The results show that national companies have been gaining prominence in the Brazilian pharmaceutical market with their internationalization movement and their strengthening of innovation strategies.

Keywords

Pharmaceutical IndustryDevelopment PoliciesInstitutional FrameworkBrazil

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