ABSTRACT
In the Covid-19 pandemic, public pharmaceutical laboratories gained greater visibility because of their initiatives to fight the disease and maintain the various pharmaceutical assistance programs. The article aimed to analyze their daily activities during the pandemic, to understand their strategic character for the Unified Health System (SUS), highlighting the Butantan, Bio-Manguinhos, and Farmanguinhos Institutes, given their leading role in relation to vaccines and medicines, respectively. Through a multiple case study, with a qualitative-descriptive approach, it presented data that indicate the change in profile that has been demonstrated in recent decades. The most relevant actions in combating the pandemic were identified, with the cut-off date of July 2021. As a result, it brought current information about its activities and products, stage of the Partnerships for Productive Development, staff, weaknesses (internal and external), and current challenges. It is concluded that these State Institutions are important to guarantee universal access to the SUS and the development and production of essential medicines and health products, ranging from the most basic to those with greater complexity and added value. Thus, the need for an agenda of changes is identified, aiming at long-term sustainability and expanding the contribution to strengthen the Economic-Industrial Health Complex.
KEYWORDS
Public production; Vaccines; Medicines; Covid-19; Health Economic-Industrial Complex
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Source: elaborated by the authors based on information extracted from the Anvisa