Abstract

PAEZ MORENO, Ricardo. INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH OF NEW DRUGS: AN EVALUATION FROM THE GLOBAL JUSTICE. rev.latinoam.bioet. [online]. 2016, vol.16, n.2, pp.188-213. ISSN 1657-4702.  https://doi.org/10.18359/rlbi.1689.

International research of new medicines sponsored by the Pharmaceutical Industry creates a series of conflicts of interest, which result in many faults to justice. Whenever bioethics has approached this subject based on a nationalist approach to justice, many faults have been overlooked. By contrast, some cosmopolitan approaches, in particular, the contextual ones, offer a critical perspective, which unveils significant global inequalities. Moreover, they approach the subject based on the capacities and needs of those involved, while keeping well-being on the horizon, and therefore they offer more concrete and accessible guidelines for actions that will lead to equality. It is a challenge for bioethics to reflect on theoretical models that will provide effective guidelines to prevent abuse and encourage a more equitable distribution of benefits. In this sense, the goal of this article is to provide a reflection on important theories of global justice and some areas where to be applied, to guide to a more just practice in international research.

Keywords : Justice; medical research; the pharmaceutical industry; bioethics.

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