“…This development opened doors to federal SUS administrators, in partnership with the Brazilian Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES, in Portuguese) regarding the issue of strengthening productive capacity and local innovations in health. This was expressed in the Productive Development Policy, which has become the health component of industrial policies in Brazil, something that has also been extensively studied 9,10,11,12 . A discussion of PEC 241's potential impacts on health science, technology and innovation policies must focus on its effects on this 15-year trajectory, particularly on its two components.…”