Resumen

GONZALEZ PIER, Eduardo. Healthy pharmaceutical policy. Salud pública Méx [online]. 2008, vol.50, suppl.4, pp.S488-S495. ISSN 0036-3634.

Today, the pharmaceutical industry is experiencing a profound transition. Globalization and technological advancement represent the principal pressures for change in the market, where it is increasingly more difficult for this type of industry to efficiently recoup the growing cost of innovation. Mexico needs to analyze the policy implications of these change factors and promote, in the pharmaceutical market, policies that maximize health gains on invested resources. Pharmaceutical policy offers a rare example for a complementary approach between a sound health policy and an efficient economic policy; that is, a "healthy pharmaceutical policy."

Palabras llave : drug industry; drug and narcotic control; national drug policy; innovation; Mexico.