Obituary: Barry Sherman

Apotex has paid its respects to the company’s founder and chairman, Barry Sherman, 75, and his wife Honey, 70, after they were found dead at their home in Toronto, Canada, on 15 December. The Canadian firm said it was with “profound sadness that we announce the unexpected passing” of Sherman, who founded privately-held Apotex in 1974. “From its humble two-employee, 5,000 square-feet beginning in Toronto, the company Dr Sherman founded grew into a global pharmaceutical organisation that today employs more than 11,000 people in research, development, manufacturing and distribution in facilities around the world,” Apotex commented.