Bill Crossman is an unlikely candidate to run a pharmaceutical firm.
The 71-year-old Connecticut businessman had spent decades growing a diverse collection of companies making everything from elevators to eco-friendly products. He had never run a drug company — and had little to no experience in the industry.
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Hopefully the claims he makes turn out to be true in humans. If it does reach market physicians would likely still provide abusive drugs – look at the slow up take of abuse deterrent opioids (just get the non deterrent generic instead).