The Rockefeller Medical Cartel and Creation of Big Pharma
The Rockefeller Medical Cartel offered huge grants to medical schools and hospitals
John D. Rockefeller, born in 1839, was a prominent American industrialist and one of the great robber barons of American history. By the turn of the 20th century, Rockefeller controlled 90% of the oil refineries in the US through his company Standard Oil, becoming America’s first billionaire.
Rockefeller saw an opportunity to expand his empire with the discovery of petrochemicals, including the realization that pharmaceutical drugs could be made from oil. These petrochemicals could be patented, presenting an enormous opportunity for profits. However, at the time, natural, herbal, and traditional medicines were very popular in the US.
To eliminate the competition and create a monopoly in medicine as he had done with oil, Rockefeller and his friend Andrew Carnegie, another industrial tycoon, hatched a plan to take over American medicine. They sent a man named Abraham Flexner around the country to report on its medical colleges and hospitals. After visiting all 155 medical schools existing at that time in the US and Canada, Flexner completed the seminal Flexner Report in 1910.
Following the directions of his employers, Flexner called in his report for a total restructuring of the American medical system, most specifically, for the pushing aside of natural and traditional remedies in favor of Rockefeller pharmaceuticals. The report even specifically mentioned the eradication of “dissidents,” and as a result, many non-compliant doctors were demonized and even jailed.
“Big Pharma” makes large “donations” to medical schools in exchange for teaching medical students to use their patented drugs
Rockefeller and Carnegie, a/k/a Rockefeller Medical Cartel, offered huge grants to medical schools and hospitals so long as they only taught and practiced Rockefeller medicine, and allowed Rockefeller agents on their boards of directors to ensure compliance. Within a few short years, The Rockefeller Medical Cartel was in total control of the American medical system. The result of this takeover, the product of this monopolist son of a conman and his eugenicist partner, would become known as “Big Pharma”.
This system continues today wherein “Big Pharma” makes large “donations” to medical schools in exchange for teaching the medical students to use their patented drugs. Grants from the Rockefeller Foundation poured into medical schools who taught the new way of The Rockefeller Medical Cartel patented drugs. They were able to completely monopolize the medical industry with oil-based pharmaceuticals. The new mantra became “a Pill for any Ill”.
SOURCES
1) How Rockefeller Monopolized Medicine and Created BIG PHARMA.
https://universe-inside-you.com/rockefeller-big-pharma/
2) A Brief History of American Pharma: From Snake Oil to Big Money.
https://lithub.com/a-brief-history-of-american-pharma-from-snake-oil-to-big-money/
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