Bayer's History is a Hard Pill to Swallow | Corporate Casket

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Blair Zoń

Documentary, Education, Business, Society & Culture

4.4 • 961 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the corporate casket, a bi-weekly series where bad businesses go to die.
0:07.1	We will discuss any and everything from bad charities, terrible CEOs, and businesses that have a lot to hide.
0:14.8	I'm the aluminati and today we're going to be talking about Bear, the German Pharmaceutical
0:20.1	Company.
0:21.1	They were founded in 1863, so there's a bit of a history here.
0:24.8	Now believe it or not, I'm actually not going to be really touching on the fact that
0:30.0	they used to sell heroin in the 1800s and that Coca-Cola used to have that
0:33.6	Coca-Cola used to have cocaine in it.
0:35.8	Shocking.
0:36.6	I just can't really consider it as much of a controversy by that era standards
0:41.1	when not much was known about that drug. Instead my main
0:45.1	focus in today's episode will be more about their recent questionable
0:49.2	business practices lawsuits, you, the standard array.
0:53.4	So why should you hate Bayer now?
0:56.8	Before we get into that, we're going to start off with a bit of Bayer history. It works wonders when the family gathers at Grandmas for one of the special Sunday dinners.
1:17.0	They go to the milk now.
1:18.0	I like the drumstick.
1:20.0	The drumstick.
1:21.0	Bobby, come on,'s when Bayer works wonders. Two Bayer
1:30.6	tablets bring all the pain relief power your headache can use.
1:34.1	According to Bayer's website, their company all started with a friendship,
1:38.1	natural curiosity and kitchen stoves.
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