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0003/2016 - Analysis of new drugs registered in Brazil in view of the Health System and the disease burden
Análise de medicamentos novos registrados no Brasil na perspectiva do Sistema Único de Saúde e da carga de doença

Author:

• Stephanie Ferreira Botelho - Botelho, Stephanie Ferreira - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Mestrado em Medicamentos e Assistência Farmacêutica, Faculdade de Farmácia - <sf.botelho@hotmail.com> +

Co-author(s):

• Adriano Max Moreira Reis - Reis, A.M.M - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - <amreis@outlook.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0017-7338
• Maria Auxiliadora Parreiras Martins - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Produtos Farmacêuticos - Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Produtos Farmacêuticos - <auxiliadorapmartins@hotmail.com>

Thematic Area:

Assistência Farmacêutica

Abstract:

The importance of a new drug to public health is the therapeutic value and benefit that produces for the patient and for society. The aim of the study was to analyze new drugs registered in Brazil 2003-2013 from the perspective pharmaceutical assistance of the Brazilian Health System and disease burden in the country. Retrospective cohort study. New drugs registered in Brazil was identified with document analysis from databases and publicly available documents from regulatory agency medicines. The data on disease burden in Brazil were obtained from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2012 published by World Health Organization. The degree of therapeutic innovation was determined by Motola algorithm. A total of 159 new medicines were included in the cohort, only 28 (17.6%) were classified as important therapeutic innovation. There is disproportionate relationship between the percentage of new drugs and the burden of disease, with under-representation of drugs for infectious respiratory diseases, heart disease and digestive diseases. Incentive strategies for research and development of medicines the should be prioritized to reduce the disparity regarding the burden of disease and contribute to the development of innovative medicines necessary for the health situation of country.

Keywords:

Unified Health SystemBurden DiseasesInnovationNew drugs

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Botelho, Stephanie Ferreira, Reis, A.M.M, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Produtos Farmacêuticos. Analysis of new drugs registered in Brazil in view of the Health System and the disease burden. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2016/Jan). [Citado em 20/12/2025]. Está disponível em: http://www.cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/analysis-of-new-drugs-registered-in-brazil-in-view-of-the-health-system-and-the-disease-burden/15424?id=15424



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