Interação entre empresas farmacêuticas e uma universidade pública na realização de pesquisa clínica: análise e recomendações

Abstract

This paper analyzes the conditions for conducting clinical research on pharmaceutical products, whether new or existing ones, tested for other purposes. The main objective is to propose improvements, based on the description of how the interaction between national, transnational and multinational pharmaceutical companies occurs with a university hospital and the reports on obstacles and facilitators of the relationship. This is an exploratory case study, based on primary and secondary data, carried out in a university hospital in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The university-industry relationships were determined from semi-structured interviews with actors involved in the interaction. Reports from the interviews were described and divided into eight categories. Then, the difficulties and facilitators of the interaction were established. The results pointed out as the main obstacles the delay in starting a study due to several factors, in addition to problems with financial actors, which are foundations responsible for transferring financial resources from the private to the public sector, divergence in positioning between public and and lack of dissemination of the work carried out by the university. As facilitators, the trust established in the work performed by the university stands out, as it has a high level of knowledge, qualified professionals and compliance with Good Clinical Practices, financial resources and supplies, the excellent medical reputation of the public institution and the population's access to medicines innovative. Thus, in order to improve this relationship, recommendations were made for the following improvements: reduction of time to sign a contract, agility to start a study, optimization of processes and financial transfers, and expansion of the dissemination of work carried out. By applying the plan at the university, it will be possible to mitigate the challenges encountered and encourage facilitators.