Patents, Drug Delivery and Public Health Protection: Health Risk Management for Nanopharmaceuticals

Leonardo da Silva Sant`Anna; Aldo Pacheco Ferreira; Maria Simone de Menezes Alencar

doi:10.4067/S0718-27242013000200009

Authors

Leonardo da Silva Sant`Anna State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Address: Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, Maracanã - Cep: 20550-013, +55 21 25877100, [email protected]. Associate Professor at Faculty of Lawn in State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Aldo Pacheco Ferreira Study Centre of Workers' Health and Human Ecology (CESTEH). Address: Rua Leopoldo Bulhões, 1480, Manguinhos - Cep: 21041-210, +55 21 25982814, [email protected]. Researcher at Sérgio Arouca National School of Public Health, Study Centre of Wor
Maria Simone de Menezes Alencar Institute of Scientific and Technological Communication and Information in Health (ICICT). Address: Avenida Brasil, 4365, Manguinhos - Cep: 21040-900, +55 21 38829167, [email protected]. Researcher at Institute of Scientific and Technological Communicati

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-27242013000200009

Abstract

The present article discusses the general risks associated with nanotechnology applications and the defcits of the risk management of engineered nanopharmaceutical particles. An evaluation of the possible health or environmental risks of nanoparticles must systematically be carried out and it is important to ensure that particle size and chemistry are taken into account when investigating possible adverse effects. It has been a goal subsidizes the policy-makers to adapt and modernize the regulatory framework on nanotechnology and risks involving health as a strategic area in the politics of Science. It is essential that health and environment be always directly or indirectly involved in various researches to understand the causes of affections and to develop control procedures in order to avoid them, providing results achievable, reliable and secure.

Keywords:

nanopharmaceuticals development
risk management
public health
environment

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Author Biographies

Leonardo da Silva Sant`Anna, State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Address: Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, Maracanã - Cep: 20550-013, +55 21 25877100, [email protected]. Associate Professor at Faculty of Lawn in State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Address: Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, Maracanã - Cep: 20550-013, +55 21 25877100.Associate Professor at Faculty of Lawn in State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Aldo Pacheco Ferreira, Study Centre of Workers' Health and Human Ecology (CESTEH). Address: Rua Leopoldo Bulhões, 1480, Manguinhos - Cep: 21041-210, +55 21 25982814, [email protected]. Researcher at Sérgio Arouca National School of Public Health, Study Centre of Wor

Study Centre of Workers' Health and Human Ecology (CESTEH). Address: Rua Leopoldo Bulhões, 1480, Manguinhos - Cep: 21041-210, +55 21 25982814.Researcher at Sérgio Arouca National School of Public Health, Study Centre of Workers' Health and Human Ecology, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Maria Simone de Menezes Alencar, Institute of Scientific and Technological Communication and Information in Health (ICICT). Address: Avenida Brasil, 4365, Manguinhos - Cep: 21040-900, +55 21 38829167, [email protected]. Researcher at Institute of Scientific and Technological Communicati

Institute of Scientific and Technological Communication and Information in Health (ICICT). Address: Avenida Brasil, 4365, Manguinhos - Cep: 21040-900, +55 21 38829167. Researcher at Institute of Scientific and Technological Communication and Information, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.