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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 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.
(Score: 2) by edIII on Monday December 18 2017, @06:48PM
Well my first thoughts are good fucking riddance to that sad sack of shit. However, if he really did manufacture generics (which helps the poor immensely), and he gave ALL of the profits away, then I'll walk it back a bit.
However, again, you cannot be a billionaire in medicine without taking resources away that were meant for healing sick patients, as he was a DOCTOR. Medicine is one area in which I will never accept that profit exists. It means that doctors are no longer doctors, and medicine is just an industry. When that is true, I will celebrate all the deaths of those at the top of the pyramid existing off the suffering of others at the bottom.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.