Abstract

To evaluate how the Judicial Power safeguards the social right to pharmaceutical assistance as well as the relationships between the legal and political systems to safeguard this right. There were assessed decisions in lawsuits of drug supply in the state of São Paulo, Southern Brazil, between 1997 and 2004. Discourse of the Collective Subject of procedural actors was the methodological approach used. In 96.4% of the cases analyzed, judges' discourse sentenced the State. In these cases, the State was obliged to provide drugs exactly as requested by the plaintiff, even when drugs were not registered in the National Health Surveillance Agency (9.6% of cases). Also, 100% of the lawsuits were proposed by individual plaintiffs; in 77.4% of the cases the plaintiff requested an specific drug of a specific pharmaceutical company; and in 93,5%, the drugs were provided to the plaintiff through an urgent preliminary order. The Judicial Power is not taking into account in its decisions political elements of drug policies, established to enforce the social right to pharmaceutical assistance. The Judicial Power is hindering the collective decision making process by the political system, prioritizing plaintiffs' individual needs over community interests.

Highlights

  • 100% of the lawsuits were proposed by individual plaintiffs; in 77.4% of the cases the plaintiff requested an specific drug of a specific pharmaceutical company; and in 93,5%, the drugs were provided to the plaintiff through an urgent preliminary order

  • The Judicial Power is not taking into account in its decisions political elements of drug policies, established to enforce the social right to pharmaceutical assistance

  • É de suma importância para a manutenção do equilíbrio social que o direito reconheça as políticas públicas, devidamente formalizadas perante o direito, como elemento integrante dos direitos sociais, conforme salienta Bucci.[2] É mister que o sistema jurídico garanta que os indivíduos tenham acesso ao serviço público de assistência farmacêutica ofertado pelo Estado e padronizado pela respectiva política pública

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Silvia Badim Marques Sueli Gandolfi Dallari

Safeguarding of the social right to pharmaceutical assistance in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. OBJETIVO: Analisar como o Poder Judiciário vem garantindo o direito social à assistência farmacêutica e qual a relação do sistema jurídico e político na garantia a esse direito. MÉTODOS: Foram analisados os processos judiciais de fornecimento de medicamentos pelo Estado de São Paulo, de 1997 a 2004. Observou-se que 100% dos processos estudados foram propostos por autores individuais; em 77,4% o autor requer o fornecimento de medicamento específico de determinado laboratório farmacêutico e; em 93,5% dos casos, o medicamentos são concedidos judicialmente ao autor em caráter de urgência, por meio de medida liminar. CONCLUSÕES: O Poder Judiciário, ao proferir suas decisões, não toma conhecimento dos elementos constantes na política pública de medicamentos, editada conforme o direito para dar concretude ao direito social à assistência farmacêutica.

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ANÁLISE DOS PROCESSOS JUDICIAIS
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