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<p><b>Olcott, McKesson & Co.</b> and <b>John McKesson</b> in 1833, the business began as an <a href="page.php?w=international_trade">import</a>er and <a href="page.php?w=Wholesaling">wholesale</a>r of botanical drugs. A third partner, Daniel Robbins, who joined the enterprise as it grew, and who previously "was an assistant to the original partners", was the "Robbins" when the company was renamed <b>McKesson & Robbins</b> following Olcott's death in 1853.</p>

<p><big>20th century</big></p>
<p>In 1938, the company was involved in the <a href="page.php?w=McKesson_and_Robbins_scandal">McKesson and Robbins scandal</a></p><p>
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