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In a letter to Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao, Kannada Development Authority urged for mandating government hospital doctors to issue medical prescriptions in Kannada.
Kerala-based paediatrician Nitin Narayanan became an unlikely social media celebrity earlier this week after a picture of his neat handwriting on a prescription surfaced online.
Drug firm Dr Reddy's Laboratories today said its Rs 137.5 crore deal to acquire pharmaceutical prescription portfolio of JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals in Russia and other CIS countries has been mutually terminated by both the firms.
Dr Reddy's has entered into an agreement to buy JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals' prescription portfolio in Russia and other CIS countries for USD 34.85 million or about Rs 137.5 crore.