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:-

Table

(1)

(2)

(3)

17.

“Win for Patients- Cancer Care/ Umaang

Novartis Healthcare Private Limited

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

43.

Sutent Patient Assistance Programme -STAR

Pfizer Products India Private Limited

44.

Crizalk Patient Assistance Programme -STAR

Pfizer Products India Private Limited

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

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

52.

Campto Patient Assistance Programme

Pfizer Products India Private Limited”.

[F. No. 332/24/2010-TRU (Pt.III)]