Honey and Barry Sherman, Chairman and CEO of Apotex Inc, are shown at the annual United Jewish Appeal (UJA) fundraiser in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August 24, 2010. (The Globe and Mail/Janice Pinto/via Reuters)The billionaire founder of Canadian pharmaceutical firm Apotex Inc, Barry Sherman, and his wife Honey, were found dead in their Toronto home on Friday under circumstances that police described as "suspicious." Sherman founded Apotex in 1974, a company the firm says is now the world's No. Privately held Apotex says it is the largest Canadian-owned pharmaceutical firm, with annual sales of more than C$2 billion. Ontario's health minister, Eric Hoskins, described the couple in a tweet as "wonderful human beings, incredible philanthropists, great leaders in healthcare."

Source: Bangkok Post December 16, 2017 00:56 UTC