Abstract
The ethical problems in vaccine research have grown in frequency and magnitude in last decades, due to the dominant place of the pharmaceutical industry in the development of such studies. Traditional issues of security and efficacy have been aggravated by the conflicts of interests introduced by commercial competition in a global market worth billions of dollars. We present here a few examples in which the professional integrity of researchers, the moral responsibility of sponsors, and the public regulation and control by national States are put into question. The consequences of these changes represent serious threats to the rights of people included in these studies as well as disputable progress for public health.
Highlights
La investigación de vacunas ha dado lugar a uno de los mayores progresos en la historia de la salud pública pero, en la actualidad, estas investigaciones presentan un estatuto moral ambiguo cuando las consideramos desde un enfoque de bioética y derechos humanos
Esta ambigüedad es el resultado de la confusa y frecuente interrelación que existe, en estos estudios, entre la búsqueda de beneficios del progreso científico, los intereses comerciales, y las serias amenazas a la protección de los derechos y libertades fundamentales de las personas
Problemas bioéticos en la investigación de nuevas vacunas: ¿obedecen a razones de salud pública?
Summary
Ya desde sus orígenes y a lo largo de su desarrollo, la historia de la investigación de vacunas ha presentado serios problemas éticos pero, en las últimas décadas, el protagonismo creciente de la industria farmacéutica en las investigaciones de vacunas ha potenciado la problematización ética de esas investigaciones, vistas a la luz de los intereses económicos de mercado, el análisis costobeneficio, los conflictos de intereses y el fraude
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