Chapter 27

The American hormone cartel members were aware of Stilbestrol and its possibilities as early as 1939. In a conference of Roche-Organon, Ciba and Schering officials, held on August 1, 1939 the following discussion took place, according to minutes found in Ciba’s files: “Mr. Kamp [Ciba] brought up the subject stilbestrol. “Mr. Hammer [Schering] said he thought that any concern would have a hard time getting stilbestrol accepted in this country. “Dr. Oppenheimer [Ciba] pointed out that in this country estradiol prices…