Assessment of Iran's Pharmaceutical Legal System from the Perspective of the Consumer’s Right to Health

Today, the pharmaceutical industry is one of the key industries and strategies in the world. Due to its effect on human health and human societies, medicine has always been one of the most important pillars of healthcare. Accordingly, it is always a special priority of governments to provide and supply the medicine needed by the society, even in the most critical conditions of the country. So the question is, can the right to health be an effective factor in promoting the drug legal system and access to appropriate pricing and quality drugs? The purpose of this paper was to investigate the Iranian pharmaceutical legal system from the perspective of the right to public health, including access to drugs and the impact on health, price and distribution in society.

This study was performed by reviewing credible national documents.

The research hypothesis is that the right to health can play an effective role in the pharmaceutical legal system. Medicine its trade and health are interrelated, as the drug improves health and wellness leads to development. The right to health is one of the most important rights recognized in international documents and treaties and domestic documents of Iran, especially the Constitution and the five-year economic, social and cultural development plan and the 20-year vision document of the system recognized and approved by legislators and politicians. The right to health is part of the fundamental rights of citizens in any society. Every citizen, as a member of society, regardless of racial, religious, political or cultural considerations, has the right to benefit from it .

‘The right to health’ can be one of the important factors in promoting and improving the quality of life and also be effective in the legal pharmaceutical system. The importance and attention of government officials and legislators of the pharmaceutical system can play an important role in improving the health of society, so they can properly plan ways to protect society and people’s health from harmful drugs.