Druggist finds new market for old pill

BOULDER – At age 73, retired Boulder pharmacist John Sichel didn’t intend to be an up-and-coming entrepreneur.

That kind of work is for someone at least 25 years younger, he said. But a small pill, originally from Russia, has Sichel working 40-hour weeks and estimating revenues of $750,000 to $1 million in 2005.

All that money is coming in for a pill called Del-Immune V, which contains a supplement of modified dried yogurt powder, Sichel said. But as simple as the ingredients may sound, Sichel said he has about 15,000 customers using the product to help combat some pretty complicated illnesses.…