CNS founder smelled winner in Breathe-Right strips
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With just 70 employees, Eden Prairie-based CNS Incorporated is a pretty small local health care company that has earned international attention. Europe's largest drug-maker, GlaxoSmithKline, announced yesterday that it will buy CNS for $566 million.
CNS is best known for making the Breathe Right nasal strip, but when it started, it was in a very different business.
Dr. Dan Cohen founded CNS incorporated in 1982. Now he's the company's chairman and director. With more than 340,000 shares of CNS stock, Dr. Cohen stands to receive nearly $13 million on the deal. He talked to Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Crann about the company's history.
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