Section 12 in The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
12. Grant of permit for special purposes. -
Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Act, it shall ... derivation, collection or preparation of snake venom for the manufacture of life-saving drugs: Provided that no such permit shall be granted- (a) in respect
save
life. In other words, a patient, who is suffering from serious
ailment, which can be fatal if a life saving drug is not
administered ... drugs do not qualify for being
treated as life saving drugs. Drugs which are not life saving drugs
must stand at part with the food
save life. In other words, a patient, who is
suffering from serious ailment, which can be fatal if a life saving drug is not
administered ... drugs do not qualify for being treated as life saving drugs. Drugs
which are not life saving drugs must stand at part with the food
life saving drugs contains, that drug also, which is not exempted under the notification.
The notification reads as the "Life saving drugs, that ... exempted are named life saving drugs. However, it is not known as to whether the notified drugs embrace all the life saving drugs available
pointed out that in the context of life saving drugs, it was in the public interest
that the drug should be made available at cheap ... public interest of ensuring easy and affordable access to a life
saving drug, the balance should tilt in favour of the latter. In the
instant
doctors with the exception of two
categories of drugs - (i) Combination
Drugs and (ii) Life Saving Drugs. Barring
these two broad categories of
exceptions (which ... possible, generic name of drugs should
be used and there should not be any
exception for combination drugs or life
saving drugs. The generic name
drugs/medicines
including their salts
and esters and
diagnostic test kits
specified in List 4
(B) Bulk drugs used in
the manufacture of
life saving ... drugs or Nil - 5
medicines at (A)
(C) Other life saving
drugs or medicines Nil Nil 10
(emphasis supplied)
9. The relevant portion of List
ineffective and
the prescription of some imported life saving drug is
imperative for "saving the life of the patient", such a drug ... shows that the disease was not life threatening and
Norditropin injection is "not a life saving drug". The
submission of learned counsel
submitted that the drug which is the subject-matter of EMR is an anti-cancer drug. It is a life saving drug and the only ... defendants, especially because the drug in relation to which EMR is granted is a anti-cancer drug, is a life saving drug and the plaintiffs
Director General Health Services in each individual case to the life saving drugs, medicines or equipments. This emphasis on certification in each individual case ... notification is not convincing. List A contains a list of life saving drugs or medicine, List B contains a list of life saving equipments
