s medicamentos en el mundo asimétrico actual: del no acceso al acceso. Parte II

a bibliographic review was made, from the viewpoint of social sciences, on the main contemporary features of the pharmaceutical industry in drugs production and marketing. it is obvious that thanks to development of sector, nowadays there is a great variety of drugs, conferring to this technology an unequalled power in society. reports from diverse nu agencies showed increases in social and economical disparity among countries. it made that access to drugs be prohibitive for the great majority of countries and their peoples. pharmaceutical transnational consortiums devote great financial resources to promote their products, with a strong mercantile predominance in information supplied, with a big influence on physicians and on patients.