Added therapeutic value of new drugs approved in Brazil from 2004 to 2016.

This study aimed to assess the level of therapeutic innovation of new drugs approved in Brazil over 13 years and whether they met public health needs. Comparative descriptive analysis of therapeutic value assessments performed by the Brazilian Chamber of Drug Market Regulation (CMED) and the French drug bulletin Prescrire for new drugs licensed in Brazil, from January 1st 2004 to December 31st 2016. The extent to which new drugs met public health needs was examined by: checking inclusions into government-funded drug lists and/or clinical guidelines; comparing Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification (ATC) codes and drug indications with the list of conditions contributing the most to the national disease burden; and assessing new medicines aimed to treat neglected diseases.

Evaluation of Pharmaceutical Services in Public Hospital Pharmacies of Federal District - Brazil.

Objective: To evaluate pharmaceutical services in public hospital pharmacies of  the Federal District Health Department - Brazil (Secretaria de Saúde do Distrito  Federal, SES-DF).

Method: A cross-sectional evaluative study involving the 15 public hospitals under the SES-DF management. Hospitals were characterized and classified into four hierarchical strata.

Investment of financial resources for the procurement of medicines for primary care in Brazilian municipalities.

This study shows a descriptive data analysis related to the procurement of medicines for primary care in Brazilian municipalities, as recorded in the National database of Pharmaceutical Service Actions and Services for the period July 2013 - June 2014, by geographic region and population size. Nine hundred and sixty municipalities were analyzed, of which 27% invested monetary value equal to or greater than the minimum statutory recommendations and 43% of these are located in the Southeast. The North region has the highest number of municipalities with less investment.

[Social representation of Alzheimer's disease for family caregivers: stressful and rewarding].

Objective: To understand the content of Social Representation (SR) of family caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients.

Method: Interviews were conducted with 26 caregivers and analyzed by the ALCESTE software.

Results: The SR content was structured in two thematic axes called Daily Life and Care and Medical and Emotional Concepts and Outcomes.

[Self-medication: a qualitative approach of its motivations].

A qualitative research was realized to verify the occurrence and motivations for self-medication and the quality of the information rendered by pharmacies. We conducted 3 focus groups with 25 patients of a reference public health service for STD treatment in Brasília, Brazil. We used the critical discourse analysis to interpret the data obtained during interviews.

[Assistance for customers with sexually transmitted diseases at pharmacies in the Federal District, Brazil: an intervention study].

A quantitative survey was conducted to analyze the type of assistance provided by pharmacy employees for cases of STDs. Simulated customer visits and interviews were conducted in 70 pharmacies in Brasilia and Taguatinga, Brazil, randomly assigned to two groups, one of which participated in educational activities on STDs. There were 411 simulated client visits to the pharmacies, with the following results: recommendation to seek medical care in 30% of cases, while in 70% of cases the pharmacy employees themselves recommended some drug treatment (although only 16.

Retail prices of essential drugs in Brazil: an international comparison.

Objectives: Price is a key obstacle for consumer access to essential drugs, especially in developing countries. This study sought to compare the retail prices of essential drugs on the private market in Brazil with that of two international pricing standards.

Methods: The retail price of all drugs on Brazil's Essential Drugs List, July 2000 edition, were compared to the retail price of the same drugs on the Swedish market and on a referential bulk-price indicator from low-cost suppliers on the international market.

[Evaluation of pharmaceutical assistance in public primary care in Brasilia, Brazil].

Objective: Pharmaceutical assistance is essential in health care and a right of citizens according to Brazilian law and drug policies. The study purpose was to evaluate aspects of pharmaceutical assistance in public primary health care.

Methods: A cross-sectional study using WHO drug indicators was carried out in Brasilia in 2001.