Since 2015, the Institute for Socioeconomic Studies (Inesc) has prepared the Access to Medicines Thematic Budget (OTMED), whose objective is to analyze the allocation of federal resources in promoting access to medicines in Brazil.
This edition shows a small reduction in federal government spending on drug purchases in a scenario of a coronavirus pandemic. According to the study, in 2019, spending on pharmaceutical assistance amounted to 14.6% of the total. In 2020, this percentage dropped to 11.5%. Access the infographic, which also shows the failures committed by the federal government in confronting Covid-19.
