{"id":215042,"date":"2024-11-11T16:22:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T14:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=215042"},"modified":"2024-11-21T22:27:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T20:27:29","slug":"rfk-jr-could-pose-existential-threat-to-big-pharma-if-he-joins-trumps-cabinet-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=215042","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. Could Pose Existential Threat to Big Pharma If He Joins Trump&#8217;s Cabinet: Here&#8217;s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is primed for a possible senior job in Trump\u2019s White House, promising to &#8220;Make America Healthy Again&#8221; by reining in big pharma&#8217;s enormous influence on US health policy, and by improving food standards. Here&#8217;s why the pharmaceutical lobby is going to have a hard time accepting that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cHe\u2019s going to have a big role in health care, a very big role. He knows it better than anybody,\u201d Donald Trump said last week when asked about RFK Jr.&#8217;s possible future in his administration. &#8220;He&#8217;s got some views that I happen to agree with very strongly and I have for a long time.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Sources&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/rfk-jr-is-reviewing-resumes-top-trump-health-jobs-sources-say-2024-11-09\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a>&nbsp;media Saturday that Kennedy has already been asked to make recommendations to the Trump team on appointments to the Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Meanwhile, pharmaceutical companies have already prepared for the worst, with some execs reportedly hoping Trump and and RFK Jr. have a falling out before Kennedy can do any damage to their respective bottom lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe need to have somebody who is going to be grounded by science and evidence and not somebody who rejects it,\u201d John Maraganore, former CEO of Boston-based biotech firm Alnylam,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/cdb11bd4-1197-4584-b5bd-83fc4669f038\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a>&nbsp;FT in a story published Friday, commenting on Kennedy\u2019s prospects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Kennedy involvement in Trump\u2019s health policy \u201cwould be awful on a lot of levels,\u201d a senior unnamed health exec said. &#8220;RFK is going to blow up. He&#8217;s marching around saying what he wants the administration to do before Trump&#8217;s had a chance to take a breath. Eventually Trump will sour on him,&#8221; another suggested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Kennedy&#8217;s poor reputation with pharmaceutical companies is understandable, given the attention he&#8217;s gotten on the campaign trail during his 2024 presidential run, and before that &#8211; for his work as an environmental lawyer, Children&#8217;s Health Defense chairman and author of the 2021&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abebooks.com\/9781510766808\/Real-Anthony-Fauci-Bill-Gates-1510766804\/plp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">book<\/a>&nbsp;<em>The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health<\/em>, which spent twenty weeks on NYT&#8217;s bestseller list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Kennedy used the national attention he got over the past three years to promote his favorite causes &#8211; vaccine safety and public health. His stinging remarks on these issues, and ability to now have the president-elect&#8217;s ear, explain why big pharma finds him so dangerous. Here&#8217;s a selection:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" id=\"1120834692-1\">Anti-Vaxxer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Smeared, throttled and censored by legacy media as an \u201canti-vaxxer\u201d in virtually every article that mentions him, Kennedy has said repeatedly that he\u2019s \u201cnever been anti-vaccine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI fought against mercury in fish for 40 years. Nobody called me anti-fish. I like the idea that we have seatbelts in cars. Nobody calls me anti-automobile. I want vaccines that are safe just like every other medication and that are adequately tested. It doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m anti-vaccine. It just means that I\u2019m sensible and have common sense,\u201d Kennedy said in a tense PBS interview in 2023.<a href=\"https:\/\/sputnikglobe.com\/20241109\/rfk-jr-could-pose-existential-threat-to-big-pharma-if-he-joins-trumps-cabinet-heres-why-1120834692.html#\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" id=\"1120834692-2\">&#8216;Criminal&#8217; Drug Companies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe pharmaceutical industry is \u2013 I don\u2019t want to say because this is going to seem extreme \u2013 a criminal enterprise, but if you look at the history, that is an applicable characterization. For example, the four biggest vaccine makers, Sanofi, Merck, Pfizer and Glaxo make all of the 72 vaccines that are now effectively mandated for American children. Collectively, those companies have paid $35 billion in criminal penalties and damages in the last decade,\u201d he told Lex Fridman in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1083447042_0_381_3073_1610_1920x0_80_0_0_b25b1aae7934e5c2ad5c4e2cb1db1e28.jpg-1024x410.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-215043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1083447042_0_381_3073_1610_1920x0_80_0_0_b25b1aae7934e5c2ad5c4e2cb1db1e28.jpg-1024x410.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1083447042_0_381_3073_1610_1920x0_80_0_0_b25b1aae7934e5c2ad5c4e2cb1db1e28.jpg-300x120.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1083447042_0_381_3073_1610_1920x0_80_0_0_b25b1aae7934e5c2ad5c4e2cb1db1e28.jpg-768x307.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1083447042_0_381_3073_1610_1920x0_80_0_0_b25b1aae7934e5c2ad5c4e2cb1db1e28.jpg-1536x614.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1083447042_0_381_3073_1610_1920x0_80_0_0_b25b1aae7934e5c2ad5c4e2cb1db1e28.jpg.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAnd the problem is that they\u2019re serial felons,&#8221; Kennedy said, citing the example of Merck&#8217;s non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx. &#8220;They killed people by falsifying science. And they did it. They lied to the public. They said, \u2018this is a headache medication and an arthritis painkiller\u2019. But they didn\u2019t tell people that it also gave you heart attacks\u2026We found when we sued them the memos from their bean counters saying \u2018we\u2019re going to kill this many people, but we\u2019re still going to make money,\u201d Kennedy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe way that the system is set up, the way that it\u2019s sold to doctors, the way that nobody ever goes to jail so there\u2019s really no penalty [and] it all becomes part of the cost of doing business,\u201d Kennedy said.<a href=\"https:\/\/sputnikglobe.com\/20241109\/rfk-jr-could-pose-existential-threat-to-big-pharma-if-he-joins-trumps-cabinet-heres-why-1120834692.html#\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" id=\"1120834692-3\">Big Pharma&#8217;s Role in Hooking Americans on Opioids<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The opioid epidemic is a perfect example of big pharma\u2019s corrupting influence, Kennedy believes, recalling the latter\u2019s\u2019 lobbying the FDA to tell doctors oxycodone isn\u2019t addictive, and getting \u201ca whole generation addicted to oxycodone. And when they got caught, and we made it harder to get oxycodone, now all those addicted kids are going to fentanyl and dying.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;This year it killed 106,000. That&#8217;s twice as many people who were killed during the 20-year Vietnam War. But in one year, twice as many American kids. They knew it was going to happen and they did it to make money. So I don&#8217;t know what you call that other than saying that&#8217;s a criminal enterprise,&#8221;\u201d Kennedy said.<a href=\"https:\/\/sputnikglobe.com\/20241109\/rfk-jr-could-pose-existential-threat-to-big-pharma-if-he-joins-trumps-cabinet-heres-why-1120834692.html#\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" id=\"1120834692-4\">Kennedy vs. Mutilation of Children<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">RFK Jr. has stepped out against \u2018gender-affirming care\u2019 and hormone therapy for children, referring to the former as \u201csurgical mutilation\u201d and the latter as \u201ccastration drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cMinors cannot drive, vote, join the army, get a tattoo, smoke, or drink, because we know that children do not fully understand the consequences of decisions with life-long ramifications\u2026People with gender dysphoria or who want to change their gender deserve compassion and respect, but these terribly consequential procedures should be deferred till adulthood. We must protect our children,\u201d he tweeted in May.<a href=\"https:\/\/sputnikglobe.com\/20241109\/rfk-jr-could-pose-existential-threat-to-big-pharma-if-he-joins-trumps-cabinet-heres-why-1120834692.html#\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">That\u2019s more bad news for the pharmaceutical industry, which has walked lock-step in support of the trans rights movement, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/08\/20\/gender-ideology-a-boon-to-big-pharma-and-threat-to-parental-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">profited immensely<\/a>\u00a0from hormone therapy drugs and surgical procedures from the late 2000s onward.<a href=\"https:\/\/sputnikglobe.com\/20230729\/what-is-russias-ban-on-gender-change-1112224377.html\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sputnikglobe.com\/20241109\/rfk-jr-could-pose-existential-threat-to-big-pharma-if-he-joins-trumps-cabinet-heres-why-1120834692.html#\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" id=\"1120834692-5\">RFK Jr. on Chronic Disease<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Kennedy has also vowed to \u201cend the chronic disease epidemic\u201d facing America, another potential blow to big pharma, this one possibly the most serious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThere is nothing more profitable in our society today than a sick child,\u201d RFK Jr. told Tucker Carlson in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBecause all of these entities are making money on him \u2013 the insurance companies, the hospitals, the medical cartel, the pharmaceutical companies have lifetime annuities\u2026They want [them] sick for the rest of their lives\u2026When my uncle was president, 6% of Americans had chronic disease. Today it\u2019s 60%. When my uncle was president, do you know what the annual cost of treating chronic disease was in this country? Zero. There weren\u2019t even any drugs invented for it. Zero. Today it\u2019s about $4.3 trln,\u201d Kennedy said.<a href=\"https:\/\/sputnikglobe.com\/20241109\/rfk-jr-could-pose-existential-threat-to-big-pharma-if-he-joins-trumps-cabinet-heres-why-1120834692.html#\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" id=\"1120834692-6\">RFK Jr.&#8217;s Solution? Sweeping Reforms<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">RFK Jr. has pointed to statistics suggesting that effectively half of the FDA\u2019s budget comes from the pharma companies they\u2019re supposed to be regulating, and said this needs to stop. He&#8217;s also said that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/rfk-jr-fda-health-care-b2642647.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;entire departments&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp;at the federal agency should be &#8220;cleared out,&#8221; and that many of the problems caused by big pharma could be &#8220;fixed&#8221; with effective regulation, tougher penalties for harmful products, taking a page from the regulatory and health care environments of other countries, and a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biopharmadive.com\/news\/rfk-jr-trump-administration-pharma-fda-policies-views\/732367\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">change in the overall culture<\/a>&nbsp;of the US health care system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is primed for a possible senior job in Trump\u2019s White House, promising to &#8220;Make America Healthy Again&#8221; by reining in big pharma&#8217;s enormous influence on US health policy, and by improving food standards. Here&#8217;s why the pharmaceutical lobby is going to have a hard time accepting that. \u201cHe\u2019s going to have &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":215040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-215042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arab-telegraph-news","category-te-public"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>RFK Jr. Could Pose Existential Threat to Big Pharma If He Joins Trump&#039;s Cabinet: Here&#039;s Why - Arab Telegraph<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=215042\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ar_AR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RFK Jr. Could Pose Existential Threat to Big Pharma If He Joins Trump&#039;s Cabinet: Here&#039;s Why - Arab Telegraph\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Robert F. 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