**Exhibit8.1**

**Subsidiaries of DRAXIS Health Inc.**
| Subsidiary                                    | ** ** | **Jurisdiction of  Incorporation**                                   | ** ** | **Other names which  Subsidiary  is doing business**                                                                                                           |
|-----------------------------------------------|------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| DRAXIS Specialty  Pharmaceuticals Inc.        |       | Canada (CBCA)                                                        |       | ·  DRAXIS Pharma, a division of DRAXIS  Specialty Pharmaceuticals Inc.

·  DRAXIMAGE, a division of DRAXIS Specialty  Pharmaceuticals Inc. |
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| Deprenyl Animal Health, Inc.                  |       | State of Louisiana                                                   |       | DAHI                                                                                                                                                           |
| DAHI LLC                                      |       | State of Delaware                                                    |       |                                                                                                                                                           |
| DAHI Nevada Inc.                              |       | State of Nevada                                                      |       |                                                                                                                                                           |
| DRAXIS U.S. Inc.                              |       | State of Delaware                                                    |       |                                                                                                                                                           |
| DAHI Animal Health (New  Zealand) Pty Limited |       | New Zealand (Companies Act 1993 as a limited  liability company)     |       |                                                                                                                                                           |
| DAHI Animal Health (UK) Limited               |       | England and Wales (Companies Act 1985 as a private  limited company) |       |                                                                                                                                                           |
| DRAXIMAGE LLC                                 |       | State of Delaware                                                    |       |                                                                                                                                                           |
| DRAXIMAGE (U.K.) Limited                      |       | England and Wales (Companies Act 1985 as a private  limited company) |       |                                                                                                                                                           |
| 4271513 Canada Inc.                           |       | Canada (CBCA)                                                        |       |                                                                                                                                                           |

 

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