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It's the quintessential American company - gaslighting the public, twisting regulators by the balls, and killing consumers in the name of shareholder value! This story is a smorgasbord of deviance - lies, fraud, corruption, cults, and a very sweaty CEO. So put on your lab coats and take out your popcorn as we dive into the pharmaceutical trash heap known as Johnson & Johnson - and yes, we're going to talk about Tylenol.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - History of J&J
12:15 - Busting the myths of the 1982 Tylenol cyanide murders
24:00 - Tylenol, liver failure, and the cost of doing business
38:30 - FDA <3 J&J
46:00 - The J&J credo on opposite day (Risperdal kills nursing home patients and gives young boys breasts!)
01:08:00 - Oops! Extra Asbestos (J&J Talc based baby powder)
Links:
No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson
How Johnson & Johnson has somehow survived scandal after scandal $8 Billion Verdict in Drug Lawsuit Is Reduced to $6.8 MillionJohnson & Johnson knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder