Halal pharmaceutical industry in Nigeria: a bitter pill to Swallow / Carrie Amani Annabi and Suhayr Mustapha Wada.

Notwithstanding Nigeria’s large Muslim population of 89.25 million citizens, very little research has been carried out in terms of addressing Halal needs in Nigeria. This qualitative case study reviewed the perspective of 32 respondents, (15 patients, 15 doctors and two pharmacists), in a medical ce...

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Principais autores: Annabi, Carrie Amani, Wada, Suhayr Mustapha
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Idioma:English
Publicado em: Universiti Teknologi Mara Selangor 2016
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description Notwithstanding Nigeria’s large Muslim population of 89.25 million citizens, very little research has been carried out in terms of addressing Halal needs in Nigeria. This qualitative case study reviewed the perspective of 32 respondents, (15 patients, 15 doctors and two pharmacists), in a medical centre in Abuja, Nigeria on their perceptions on and awareness of Halal pharmaceuticals. The interview data were collected through telephone interviews. Data analysis and findings were examined against the literature reviewed in this study. Findings concluded that there was a lack of awareness of Halal medicine products within Nigeria and that this was the primary reason why the respondents felt that there was a dearth of Halal pharmaceuticals. There were also secondary concerns from the patients about the risk of counterfeit medicine and the doctors were worried at the potential cost of providing Halal pharmaceutical options in case it deterred patients from buying the (Halal) medicaments prescribed. The pharmacists were supportive of Halal pharmaceuticals in principle but highlighted issues surrounding both the efficacy of alternatives and the effectiveness of some current ingredients that might be deemed unacceptable in Halal preparations.
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spelling oai:ir.uitm.edu.my:327882020-07-27T09:19:08Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32788/ Halal pharmaceutical industry in Nigeria: a bitter pill to Swallow / Carrie Amani Annabi and Suhayr Mustapha Wada. jeeir Annabi, Carrie Amani Wada, Suhayr Mustapha Special industries and trades Pharmaceutical industry Notwithstanding Nigeria’s large Muslim population of 89.25 million citizens, very little research has been carried out in terms of addressing Halal needs in Nigeria. This qualitative case study reviewed the perspective of 32 respondents, (15 patients, 15 doctors and two pharmacists), in a medical centre in Abuja, Nigeria on their perceptions on and awareness of Halal pharmaceuticals. The interview data were collected through telephone interviews. Data analysis and findings were examined against the literature reviewed in this study. Findings concluded that there was a lack of awareness of Halal medicine products within Nigeria and that this was the primary reason why the respondents felt that there was a dearth of Halal pharmaceuticals. There were also secondary concerns from the patients about the risk of counterfeit medicine and the doctors were worried at the potential cost of providing Halal pharmaceutical options in case it deterred patients from buying the (Halal) medicaments prescribed. The pharmacists were supportive of Halal pharmaceuticals in principle but highlighted issues surrounding both the efficacy of alternatives and the effectiveness of some current ingredients that might be deemed unacceptable in Halal preparations. Universiti Teknologi Mara Selangor 2016-05 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32788/1/32788.pdf Halal pharmaceutical industry in Nigeria: a bitter pill to Swallow / Carrie Amani Annabi and Suhayr Mustapha Wada. (2016) Journal of Emerging Economies and Islamic Research <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Journal_of_Emerging_Economies_and_Islamic_Research/>, 4 (2). pp. 1-12. ISSN 2289 – 2559 http://www.jeeir.com/v2/index.php/29-current/2016/vol-4-no-2-2016/125-paper6-vol4-no2-2016
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Halal pharmaceutical industry in Nigeria: a bitter pill to Swallow / Carrie Amani Annabi and Suhayr Mustapha Wada.
title Halal pharmaceutical industry in Nigeria: a bitter pill to Swallow / Carrie Amani Annabi and Suhayr Mustapha Wada.
title_full Halal pharmaceutical industry in Nigeria: a bitter pill to Swallow / Carrie Amani Annabi and Suhayr Mustapha Wada.
title_fullStr Halal pharmaceutical industry in Nigeria: a bitter pill to Swallow / Carrie Amani Annabi and Suhayr Mustapha Wada.
title_full_unstemmed Halal pharmaceutical industry in Nigeria: a bitter pill to Swallow / Carrie Amani Annabi and Suhayr Mustapha Wada.
title_short Halal pharmaceutical industry in Nigeria: a bitter pill to Swallow / Carrie Amani Annabi and Suhayr Mustapha Wada.
title_sort halal pharmaceutical industry in nigeria a bitter pill to swallow carrie amani annabi and suhayr mustapha wada
topic Special industries and trades
Pharmaceutical industry
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32788/1/32788.pdf
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