Political, socio-economic and demographic overview
Mortality profile
The Brazilian health services
Organisation of the health sector
Health sector expenditure and financing
Resource allocation
Health sector reforms
Implementing health care reform
Health care regulation - decentralisation
Health care regulation - private health insurance
The pharmaceutical market in Brazil
The Brazilian pharmaceutical market
Overview
Market profile
Regulation
Patents and trademarks
Supply- and demand-side measures for pharmaceuticals
Pricing of pharmaceuticals
Reimbursement of pharmaceuticals
Generic pharmaceutical policies
Taxation
Market growth
Current issues in intellectual property rights protection
Brazil and the WTO
References