FORMULAÇÃO DA POLÍTICA NACIONAL DE CIÊNCIA, TECNOLOGIA E INOVAÇÃO EM SAÚDE: retrospectiva do movimento dos grupos de interesse

The institutionalization of the scientific and technological management of health in Brazil has an impact on articulated actions to the economic and social needs of the country. This study analyzes the formulation process of the National Science Policy, Technology, and Innovation in Health (PNCTIS) from the insertion of this subject on the governmental agenda and of the conformation of stakeholders groups. It’s an exploratory study case, of descriptive-analytical character, based on primary and secondary data. The presented historic considers the movement of the stakeholders, the political process, and the proposed political solutions. The article still notes confirmed that the insertion of science, technology, and innovation on the agenda of the Ministry of Health and the formation of a national network of public policies for the scientific and technological development, of inter-sectoral coverage, results in the formulation and approval of PNCTIS in 2004. This effort generates a favorable environment for the institutionalization of the scientific and technological management on the Brazilian sanitary agenda