Vitamin D just keeps on giving: Local drug firm merges for success
By Jeff Richgels
Vitamin D is poised to strike again for Madison.
Harry Steenbock's groundbreaking discoveries at UW-Madison early last century laid a foundation that led to vitamin D becoming by far the biggest moneymaker for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
The most notable local vitamin D success was Bone Care International, which was acquired by Genzyme Corp. for about $600 million two years ago.
Now a recent deal involving two vitamin D-focused companies has three former Bone Care employees on the path to what they hope will be similar success.
