💊 Bayer developed cancer drugs for the wealthy Western market.
🔥 Bayer has a history of controversial products and legal issues.
🌍 Bayer expanded its operations internationally and entered into the healthcare and pharmaceutical markets.
💼 IG Farben, headed by Hermann Schmitz, was a powerful cartel in Nazi Germany, producing various products such as paint, explosives, and synthetic rubber.
☠️ IG Farben played a significant role in the Holocaust, producing Zyklon B, a deadly gas used in gas chambers to kill thousands of people daily.
👷♂️ During the war, IG Farben utilized forced labor, resulting in the death of many workers but greatly reducing labor costs and increasing production.
IG Farben executives were arrested and given sentences for their involvement in war crimes.
Bayer developed heroin as a pain reliever and cough medicine, but it turned out to be highly addictive.
Despite the harmful effects of heroin, Bayer continued to sell it for some time.
👥 Bayer faced criticism for selling cancer drugs at a high price that many people in India couldn't afford.
👨⚕️ Bayer developed a drug in the 1980s that had the risk of transmitting AIDS and continued to sell it in some countries, leading to AIDS cases and deaths.
🔑 Bayer refused to supply a new drug to an underdeveloped country and argued it was responsible behavior.
❌ Bayer's cholesterol-lowering drug caused the death of over 100 people and the company paid over $1 billion in compensation.
💰 Bayer acquired Monsanto, a producer of GMO agricultural products, for $66 billion.
🌾 Bayer's acquisition of Monsanto raised concerns about GMOs and control of seed and pesticide production.
🔬 Evidence emerged linking Monsanto's Roundup pesticide to cancer, leading to lawsuits against Bayer.
📚 Suspicion was raised about the credibility of research studies published in dubious scientific journals.
💰 Many companies, including German pharmaceutical and chemistry giant Bayer, have published articles about their own products in dubious scientific journals by paying money.
🔍 Bayer was found to have illegally paid commissions to doctors and hospitals to promote the use of their drugs, resulting in a $40 million fine.
💊 Despite facing fines and causing harm to people, Bayer continues to print articles in dubious academic publications to increase sales.