however, cluer’s main interests were in developing the sales of patent medicines which were operated as a separate business. his father owned a third share in the formula for dr bateman's pectoral drops. the company later added more medicines, including greenough’s tincture, radcliffe’s purging elixir, and one of the several versions versions of daffy's elixir. the dicey family, would later develop this business to become one of the two most significant patent medicine businesses in britain.