Da ideologia da inovação à inovação da ideologia descolonizando o sistema que impõe as patentes de medicamento.

Abstract

Patents in the pharmaceutical field usually represent a major barrier to the access of medicines according to the population health needs. This study assumes that the issue on access to medicines, should go beyond the usual technical, regulatory and legal debate, understanding however the immediate need of including a debate on ideology. This thesis aims to present the concept of ideology in the context of medicines; where it was defined that this is expressed in the form of innovation and patents. With the understanding of the Ideological Appliances of the Market, developed in this work, an analysis was made of the Oslo Manual and the technical reports, which make up a patent application in Brazil. This study has demonstrated the impressive role of innovation, which by one hand underlines the market´s logic and by another prevents the population access to medicines. This scenary hinders consequently the development of the national industry, fostering however dependency in this sector. It is proposed a new insight from the Theory of Dependence and the Decolonial Studies, in order to finally break down the posture of subordination and dependence imposed by this market, which is exclusively focused on profit and furthermore injures the people while holding them hostage to this capital system.