ADESÃO AOS MEDICAMENTOS GENÉRICOS: VERIFICAÇÃO PRELIMINAR APÓS SETE ANOS DE IMPLANTAÇÃO DA LEI

The adoption of a politic of generic drugs began with the Law 9.787/99, of the social issues of diffi culty of access to medicines for people with lower cost and good quality. Based on the experience and technical regulations on generics in other countries, the Brazilian law requires them to bioequivalence and bioavailability of the drug equal to the reference. This study aimed to evaluate the adherence to the policy of generic drugs in the period of seven years by the population and health professionals, especially the medical profession. It was concluded that the population was adhered to the politic of generic drugs, but there is a need for wider dissemination among health professionals, especially prescribers, and the need of real earnings of the population with an effective policy on generics.