| dc.description.abstract | Counterfeiting is unauthorised imitative creation of product without power from the
proprietor’s which are secured by licensed innovation rights to make benefits.
Counterfeit medicines are a piece of the more extensive marvel of substandard
pharmaceuticals medicines produced underneath set up principles of value and in this
manner hazardous to patients' wellbeing and ineffectual for the treatment of maladies.
The distinction is that counterfeits are intentionally and deceitfully mislabelled as for
personality or source. The objectives of this study was to establish the influence of
consumer demand on distribution of counterfeit drugs in the pharmaceutical industry
in Mombasa County, to establish the effect of counterfeit drugs on pharmaceutical
businesses in Mombasa County and to determine the role of pharmaceutical drugs
regulatory body on distribution of counterfeit drugs.The target population of this
study was all the pharmaceutical wholesalers and retailers in Mombasa who had
renewed license for 2015 and have been in the business for more than one and half
years. In Mombasa county 306 pharmacies and distributors had renewed their 2015
license and had been in business for more than one and a half years. A sample size
consisted of 101 pharmacies. Data was collected using a semi structured
questionnaire. The findings of the study revealed that, there was high influence of
Consumer demand on distribution of Counterfeit drugs, the extent of the effects of
Counterfeit on Pharmaceutical businesses was high at a mean score of 4.37 and the
role of pharmaceutical drugs regulatory body and Challenges faced during distribution
were; frequent change of prices and discounting structures due to inter currency
fluctuations, return of damaged products, Corrupt officials, Lack of evidence based
research, Product recalls and Illegal importation. The study recommended that, the
pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors and Anti-counterfeit body should
deliberate on educating or creating awareness to the public on the effects of
counterfeit drugs and ways of identifying the original brands, the pharmaceutical
owners should employ registered pharmacist and order products from registered
pharmaceutical distributors and suppliers, the Kenya anti-counterfeit regulatory body
should put up strategies to work with pharmaceutical business, distributors and the
public in reporting all cases of counterfeiting for necessary action and the
pharmaceutical drugs regulatory body should constantly monitor all pharmaceutical
premises to ensure none operates unregistered and no pharmacist operates without
license/being registered. | en_US |
