Human Health Biotechnology: Can Brazil Advance?

Authors

  • Carlos Torres Freire Cebrap Brazilian Centre for Analysis and Planning
  • Victor Callil Cebrap Brazilian Centre for Analysis and Planning
  • Denise Golgher Symbiosis-Biotechnology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5912/jcb670

Keywords:

biotechnology, innovation, research and development, economic growth.

Abstract

The Brazilian human health biotechnology sector was analyzed according to its spacial and sectorial distribution of the following aspects: (i) the scientific production; (ii) dependence of companies on governmental funding for research and development; (iii) the lack of innovative capacity regarding the discovery and development of new drugs and (iv) a disconnection between the advancement of scientific output and innovation within the private sector. The picture depicted suggests that, despite the advances being made in science and technology, it is still necessary to overcome many weaknesses to achieve an economic growth based on knowledge and innovation.

Author Biographies

  • Carlos Torres Freire, Cebrap Brazilian Centre for Analysis and Planning
     PhD in Sociology at University of Sao Paulo
    (USP) and researcher at Brazilian Centre for Analysis and Planning
    (Cebrap). Research interests: economic development, focused on
    science, technology and innovation (STI), university-enterprises
    relationships and biotechnology.
  • Victor Callil, Cebrap Brazilian Centre for Analysis and Planning
    Master’s candidate in Sociology at University of Sao
    Paulo and research assistant at the Brazilian Centre for Analysis and
    Planning (Cebrap).
  • Denise Golgher, Symbiosis-Biotechnology

    Denise earned a MSc in Biochemistry  from  University  of São Paulo (Brazil), a 
Ph.D. in Cell Biology from  the  Johns Hopkins  University (USA) and completed 
post-doctorate research at University of Oxford (UK).

    She  studied  business  at   Fundação  Dom  Cabral  (Brazil)  and has  been  a
biotechnology consultant since 2003.

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Published

2015-04-01

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Vol. 21 No. 2 (2015)

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