The doc­tor is in: Trump in­sid­er Ben Car­son joins NASH play­er Galectin as a 'spe­cial con­sul­tant,' part-time spokesman

In the few short months since Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump left of­fice, his for­mer de­part­ment heads are re­port­ed­ly hav­ing a dif­fi­cult time find­ing em­ploy­ment. But for Ben Car­son, Trump’s for­mer hous­ing sec­re­tary, that’s not a prob­lem any­more af­ter biotech came call­ing.

Car­son, a for­mer GOP pres­i­den­tial can­di­date and erst­while HUD head, has joined Galectin Ther­a­peu­tics as a “spe­cial con­sul­tant” the biotech hopes will help raise its pro­file and pro­vide an en­trée to key busi­ness part­ner­ships, the com­pa­ny said Mon­day.

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