Judicialization of medicines in Brazil: impacts and nuances on society

This study presents the impacts and nuances on society regarding to the judicialization of medicines in Brazil. It is an bibliographical research, developed through the deductive method. The results were outlined in five guiding axes. The first “health, development and prevention” addresses the conjuncture between both; the second “State, Society and Health”, in which the common good of society is provided by the State, the public interest converges with the interest of the majority. When conflicts emerge in this context, an intervention, the “judicialization of health” becomes essential, according to the axis discussed. The other axes “judicialization of medicines” and “impact of judicialization in the social sphere” discuss the complexity of the analysis proposed by the public authorities about what is the right to life and individual versus collective health. It is concluded that for the realization of the right to health it is necessary to implement public policies, in order to provide all citizens with equal treatment in meeting their demands.