Abstract
Characterization of the scientific and technological infrastructure in health and its interactions with the industrial sector provides key elements for understanding the dynamics of innovation in health. This study conducts an exploratory analysis of the potentialities and limitations associated with scientific and technological capabilities in the health area in Brazil and the different links between the scientific and industrial sectors in health. The analysis points to important growth in internationally indexed research output, especially in certain areas such as pharmaceutics, public health, genetics, morphology, physiology, and microbiology. There has also been important growth in research groups that interact with the industrial sector in selected areas of health. The study highlights the importance of building more solid and permanent bridges between companies, research institutions, and the health system, linking the knowledge developed in research institutions to the dynamics of the industrial sector in health. Resumo: A caracterização da infraestrutura científica e tecnológica na área da saúde e das suas formas de articulação com a base produtiva representam elementos centrais na compreensão da dinâmica de inovação em saúde. Este estudo faz uma análise exploratória sobre as potencialidades e limitações associadas às capacitações científicas e tecnológicas na área da saúde no Brasil e as formas de articulação entre a base científica e a base produtiva em saúde. A análise aponta para o crescimento expressivo da produção bibliográfica com circulação internacional no campo da saúde, particularmente em determinadas áreas como farmácia, saúde coletiva, genética, morfologia, fisiologia e microbiologia. Além disso, observa-se um crescimento expressivo dos grupos de pesquisa com relacionamentos com o setor produtivo em áreas selecionadas da saúde. Destaca-se a importância da construção de pontes mais sólidas e permanentes entre empresas, instituições de pesquisa e sistema de saúde, articulando-se o conhecimento desenvolvido em instituições de pesquisa à dinamização da base produtiva em saúde.
Highlights
Innovations in the health field show strong interaction with the process of basic research that is fed by the science sector
Knowledge generated on the basis of the scientific and technological infrastructure in health feed a flow of important innovations that tend to shape the operation of health services and medical practice themselves, through the use of new medicines, medical equipment and devices, and clinical procedures
Since the current analysis focuses primarily on mapping competencies in areas with a more direct impact on innovation leading to new products and processes in health inputs, we selected a specific set of eleven areas: (1) Biophysics; (2) Biochemistry; (3) Pharmacology; (4) Physiology; (5) Genetics; (6) Immunology; (7) Microbiology; (8) Morphology; (9) Parasitology; (10) Pharmaceutics; and (11) Public Health/ Epidemiology
Summary
Innovations in the health field show strong interaction with the process of basic research that is fed by the science sector. Knowledge generated on the basis of the scientific and technological infrastructure in health feed a flow of important innovations that tend to shape the operation of health services and medical practice themselves, through the use of new medicines, medical equipment and devices, and clinical procedures. Medical practice plays a central role in medical innovation, since it constitutes the origin of important flows of information that feed new scientific research agendas [1,2]. An analysis of the scientific and technological infrastructure in the health area and its different links to the Brazilian National Innovation System in Health is important for understanding the dynamics of the innovation process in health. One of the main challenges for the dynamics of innovation in the health area in Brazil is the mismatch between the degree of scientific capability and the limited capacity for innovation today in the health industry, defined as the concept of Health EconomicIndustrial Complex (HEIC) 6,7,8
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