<p>He said pharma units had to be closed two days before the day of a bandh. "Pharma Manufacturing process involves so many continuous processes, and we cannot stop just like that unlike any other manufacturing process," Reddy said.<br /><br />GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) halted operations in its unit near Rajahmundry today.<br />The Japanese Eisai Co Ltd, manufacturing and marketing chemicals, food additives, machinery and equipment for pharmaceutical production, postponed opening of its manufacturing plant in Vizag, scheduled for today.<br /><br />Reddy said foreign buyers are apprehensive about the situation in the State.<br />"Business runs on trust. Even a slightest doubt, in their minds, may create a blockade for investments in the State," he said.<br /><br />Reddy said states like Gujarat may try to take advantage of the situation.<br /><br />After the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram announced that the process of formation of Telangana State would be initiated, there has been a series of agitations in protest in the coastal and Rayalaseema regions of the state.</p>
<p>He said pharma units had to be closed two days before the day of a bandh. "Pharma Manufacturing process involves so many continuous processes, and we cannot stop just like that unlike any other manufacturing process," Reddy said.<br /><br />GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) halted operations in its unit near Rajahmundry today.<br />The Japanese Eisai Co Ltd, manufacturing and marketing chemicals, food additives, machinery and equipment for pharmaceutical production, postponed opening of its manufacturing plant in Vizag, scheduled for today.<br /><br />Reddy said foreign buyers are apprehensive about the situation in the State.<br />"Business runs on trust. Even a slightest doubt, in their minds, may create a blockade for investments in the State," he said.<br /><br />Reddy said states like Gujarat may try to take advantage of the situation.<br /><br />After the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram announced that the process of formation of Telangana State would be initiated, there has been a series of agitations in protest in the coastal and Rayalaseema regions of the state.</p>