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posted by martyb on Sunday December 17 2017, @11:22AM   Printer-friendly
from the generic-murder-case dept.

Deaths of Canada billionaire Barry Sherman and wife 'suspicious'

A Canadian billionaire and his wife have been found dead at their home in Toronto in circumstances that police described as "suspicious".

The bodies of Barry Sherman and his wife Honey were found in the basement by an estate agent, reports said.

Mr Sherman was the founder and chairman of pharmaceutical giant Apotex, which sells generic medicines around the world.

He was one of Canada's richest men and a prominent philanthropist.

There was no sign of forced entry to the property, police said in a statement Friday evening. Local media reported that investigators were not searching for a suspect at this time.

Detective Brandon Price told Canadian broadcaster CBC that investigators were still trying to determine if there was foul play involved.

Apotex:

Apotex is a Canadian pharmaceutical corporation. Founded in 1974 by Dr. Bernard Sherman, the company is the largest producer of generic drugs in Canada, with sales exceeding $1 billion (CAD) a year. The company produces more than 300 generic pharmaceuticals in approximately 4,000 dosages, and has 500 molecules under development. Apotex exports products to over 115 countries around the globe. There are more prescriptions filled with Apotex products in Canada than that of any other pharmaceutical company, close to 90 million per year.

Also at CBC.


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  • (Score: 2, Flamebait) by unauthorized on Sunday December 17 2017, @07:05PM (2 children)

    by unauthorized (3776) on Sunday December 17 2017, @07:05PM (#611044)

    Pedophiles are motivated to keep kids in good health, so it makes perfect sense that pedophiles are the best choice for caretakers of prepubescent children. Their motive to diddle your kids will transmute into taking good care of them!

    And sure, the pedos are likely to fuck your children, but we know for a fact that big pharma fucks you, so that's just another similarity to strengthen the analogy.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 18 2017, @02:23PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 18 2017, @02:23PM (#611394)

    Whereas here people did, and voluntarily gave him all that money.

    >inb4 it isn't voluntary
    Them dying slowly and painfully is the default. It sucks, but it is.

    • (Score: 1) by unauthorized on Monday December 18 2017, @10:33PM

      by unauthorized (3776) on Monday December 18 2017, @10:33PM (#611610)

      Yes, congratulations, you've just discovered that analogies aren't completely identical to the original situation, otherwise they WILL BE the original situation. Crazy, I know.