Free Importability to Drugs
for Poor Patients
[Notification No.
41/2020-Customs dated 29 October 2020]
Seeks to further amend
notification No. 16/2017-Customs dated 20th April,
2017, which provides exemption to specified medicines under certain Patient
Assistance Programmes (PAPs) run by pharmaceutical
companies.
[See Chapter 30 beginning
at page 606 of BIG’s Easy Reference Customs Tariff 2020-21, 44th Edn. Feb 2020 for text of notification]
G.S.R. ...(E). - In exercise of
the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act,1962 (52
of 1962), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in
the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in
the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue), No.
16/2017-Customs, dated the 20th April, 2017, published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i),
vide number G.S.R.394 (E), dated the 20th April, 2017, namely:-
In the said notification, in the Table, for the entries
in column (3) and column (4) at the serial numbers given in column (1) of the
Table below, the corresponding entries at column (2) and column (3) of the
Table below shall be substituted, namely:-
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Table |
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
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17. |
“Win for
Patients- Cancer Care/ Umaang |
Novartis
Healthcare Private Limited |
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18. |
Win for Patients-
Cancer Care/ Umaang |
Novartis
Healthcare Private Limited |
|
19. |
Win for Patients-
Cancer Care/ Umaang |
Novartis
Healthcare Private Limited |
|
20. |
Win for Patients-
Cancer Care/ Umaang |
Sandoz India
Private Limited |
|
21. |
Win for Patients-
Cancer Care/ Umaang |
Novartis Healthcare
Private Limited |
|
22. |
Win for Patients-
Cancer Care/ Umaang |
Novartis
Healthcare Private Limited |
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43. |
Sutent
Patient Assistance Programme -STAR |
Pfizer Products
India Private Limited |
|
44. |
Crizalk
Patient Assistance Programme -STAR |
Pfizer Products India
Private Limited |
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45. |
Inlyta
Patient Assistance Programme -STAR |
Pfizer Products
India Private Limited |
|
46. |
Palbace
Patient Assistance Programme -PRERNA |
Pfizer Products
India Private Limited |
|
47. |
Enbrel Patient
Assistance Programme |
Pfizer Limited |
|
48. |
Xeljanz
Patient Assistance Programme |
Pfizer Limited |
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49. |
Genotropin
Patient Assistance Programme |
Pfizer Products
India Private Limited |
|
50. |
Atgam
Patient Assistance Programme |
Pfizer Products
India Private Limited |
|
51. |
Aromasin
Patient Assistance Programme |
Pfizer Products
India Private Limited |
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52. |
Campto
Patient Assistance Programme |
Pfizer Products
India Private Limited”. |
[F.
No. 332/24/2010-TRU (Pt.III)]