The public and the private, the patents and health: Study of pharmaceutical companies fraud in Italy compared to the Brazilian legislation

Authors

  • Cristianne Maria Famer Rocha Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/RS
  • Letícia Lassen Petersen Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/RS
  • Lígia Daiane Fink dos Santos Faculdade de Educação e Tecnologia da Região Missioneira, São Paulo das Missões/RS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9044.v18i2p175-200

Keywords:

Brazilian Legislation, Italian Law, Medicines Trade, Patent, Pharmaceutical Industry.

Abstract

 This article discusses the obstacles to economic regulation of medicines trade in Brazil. The theme focuses on the case of two Italian companies of the pharmaceutical industry which got involved in the practice of collusion in order to fraud the health system, and the existence of evidences of this practice in Brazil. The practice of this crime against the economic and financial order affected the very organization of the Italian public health system, and the companies were considered guilty of illegal practice. This case resumes the discussion about the need of state intervention in the economy: both from the point of view of trade regulations and the monitoring of what the drug retailers actually offer to the population, with the aim of fostering human dignity, which includes the State’s protection to health. This research aims at systematizing the duplicity of patent registration in the Italian case, approaching in parallel the economic regulations in Brazil regarding drugs, as well as criminalization of collusion in this area, and then test the research hypothesis that the same business behavior has also been practiced in Brazil. This research is guided by the hypothetical-deductive method, providing the reader with a systematization of the case at issue and concepts through bibliographic and documental research (books, international newspapers, scientific magazines, scientific articles, the involved drugs description leaflets and Brazilian legislation about the subject) to finally discuss the facts.

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Author Biographies

  • Cristianne Maria Famer Rocha, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/RS
    Postdoc by the Organização Pan-Americana de Saúde and Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia; PhD in Education by Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS); Master in Education by UFRGS. Assistant Professor of the Community Health Post Graduation Program at UFRGS; Associate Professor of the Child and Adolescent Health Post Graduation Program at UFRGS.
  • Letícia Lassen Petersen, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/RS
    Postdoc by the Community Health Post Graduation Program from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS); PhD in Regional Development by Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (Unisc); Master in Regional Development by Unisc; specialist in New Civil Law by Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina; Bachelor in Legal and Social Science by (UNIJUI), Bachelor in Pedagogy  by Universidade Regional do Noroeste of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Legal Analyst at the Attorneys Office of the State of Rio Grande do Sul
  • Lígia Daiane Fink dos Santos, Faculdade de Educação e Tecnologia da Região Missioneira, São Paulo das Missões/RS
    Post graduation in Economic Criminal and Tax Law and Higher Studies Professor by Faculdade de Educação e Tecnologia da Região Missioneira (São Paulo das Missões/RS); post graduation in  Social Security and Labor Law by the Instituto Cenecista de Ensino Superior of Santo Ângelo; Bachelor in Law by Fundação Educacional Machado de Assis.

Published

12/26/2017

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How to Cite

Rocha, C. M. F., Petersen, L. L., & Santos, L. D. F. dos. (2017). The public and the private, the patents and health: Study of pharmaceutical companies fraud in Italy compared to the Brazilian legislation. Journal of Health Law, 18(2), 175-200. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9044.v18i2p175-200