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0248/2025 - Provisional medicine price: does monitoring maintain the interface with the National Pharmaceutical Assistance Policy?
Preços provisórios de medicamento: o monitoramento mantém a interface com a Política Nacional de Assistência Farmacêutica?

Author:

• Valdete Aparecida de Melo - Melo, VA - <valdete.farm@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4577-1701

Co-author(s):

• Daniela Cerqueira Marreco - Marreco, DC - <daniela.cerqueira@anvisa.gov.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3530-7115
• Dayani Galato - Galato, D - <dayanigalato@unb.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9295-8018


Abstract:

In the intersectoral political context covered by the National Pharmaceutical Assistance Policy (PNAF), the Drug Market Regulation Chamber (CMED) is responsible for regulating and monitoring the drug market. To identify drugs with a provisional price in Brazil and those incorporated into the Unified Health System (SUS), and to understand the transition to a definitive price, a case study was conducted based on a documentary analysis of technical-scientific opinions on drug pricing between 2017 and 2023, prepared by the CMED, as well as public documents on drugs incorporated into the SUS. Twenty-nine drugs by trade name and 95 presentations with provisional prices were identified, five of which were incorporated by the SUS. The main reason for establishing a provisional price was that they only had a price in the United States. Four drugs had their provisional price confirmed after being sold in at least three other countries, resulting in a definitive price. Practical and regulatory improvements are being implemented to enhance the completeness of the PNAF's strategic axis related to the regulation and monitoring of the pharmaceutical market.

Keywords:

Drug Price; Pharmaceutical Industry; Pharmaceutical Legislation; National Pharmaceutical Assistance Policy

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Melo, VA, Marreco, DC, Galato, D. Provisional medicine price: does monitoring maintain the interface with the National Pharmaceutical Assistance Policy?. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2025/Jul). [Citado em 28/01/2026]. Está disponível em: http://www.cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/provisional-medicine-price-does-monitoring-maintain-the-interface-with-the-national-pharmaceutical-assistance-policy/19724



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