Fortis Healthcare Limited is close to picking up a majority stake in Naresh Trehan's upcoming Medicity project in Gurgaon, with the contours of the agreement expected to be finalised within a month.
Small scale drug makers fear that they may have to shell out anything between Rs 20 lakh (Rs 2 million) to Rs 1 crore (Rs 10 million) for acquiring land and equipment as mandated by the new GLP.
The central government is likely to prescribe a special rate of abatement on the retail prices of drugs for calculation of excise duty.