Monarch Solutions

"*When Life Depends on Monarch*"
―Monarch Solutions company slogan
**Monarch Solutions** is a major American multinational corporation originally founded in 1896. Officially, the corporation specializes in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology as well as the development of medical devices and consumer packaged goods, however, the goals of Monarch may be something completely different with its subsidiaries built to cover up its true intentions.

Monarch Solutions is headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Its brands include numerous household names of medications and first aid supplies.

Monarch’s security arm is Monarch Security.

## History

### 1883–1895: Before Monarch Solutions

Albert H. Miller began his professional training at the age of 16 as a pharmaceutical apprentice at an apothecary run by his mother's cousin, James G. Wood, in Rochester, New York. Miller later co-founded his own company with fellow colleague George Marcus in 1883. The New York based Marcus & Miller became known for its innovative medical devices. The company saw some success, however, due to differing beliefs on how the company should be ran and its values, Marcus and Miller eventually grew estranged with Miller parting ways from the company in 1895.

### 1896–1928: Founding of Miller's Drug Store

Albert Miller joined his younger brothers, James Miller and Edward Miller, and opened a local pharmacy chain called Miller's Drug Store. Albert Miller was the majority owner of the company, and served as the first president of the company. Under his leadership, Miller's Drug Store saw immediate success and soon aimed to expand business across the East Coast of the United States.

### 1929–1986: Further Expansion

Miller's Drug Store saw great success in the years following and as a result the Miller family grew quite wealthy from their chain of drug stores. Albert Miller passed away in the year 1934 at the age of 81. Before passing, Albert gave control of the company to his eldest son, Robert Miller, who's vision led the company to new heights.

During the 1930s, the Great Depression economically hit the United States, causing millions of Americans to become unemployed and many businesses to go bankrupt. The Miller family was not spared either, having to close many of its chain drug stores due to loss of profits and lay offs of employees. Robert, with the responsibility of the family and company, had to think of something to move the business forward. Using the remainder of the company's funds, Robert made the risky decision to buy many pharmaceutical companies going out of business in order to expand the business' own assets. He also donated as many necessities in need to the public as the company could spare in order to build further trust within the Miller name and its own products. These business moves themselves almost brought the company to bankruptcy, bringing many arguments between Robert and his uncles. However, as the Great Depression ended and the United States preparing for war, Miller's drug chain would experience unprecedented growth.

As the United States joined the Allied powers in World War II, the United States government contracted Miller's drug chain to supply its military with much needed medical supplies and devices. This brought about many new opportunities for the company itself, and soon Miller's became a household name within America.

### 1987–Current Day: Formation of Monarch Solutions

As the company grew each year, so did its influence. Since the 1980s, Miller's has continued to grow in most areas of medical research and development. However, the year 1987 would be the year the company would change forever.

On October 19th, 1987, a global, sudden, severe, and unexpected stock market crash, called Black Monday, occurred. United States stock markets declined to as much as 29%, affecting many businesses across the nation drastically. Robert saw this as an opportunity to finally expand upon his father's vision and took action immediately where he could. Using what assets he had and through extensive meetings convincing the board and other investors about his plan, Robert was able to buy out one of their main competitors, OrbisPharm, which allowed Miller's to use its assets to further grow the company even further. Seeing this as a new chapter for the future, Robert decided to rebrand the company as Monarch Solutions; naming it after his father's fascination with butterflies and chaos theory.

In the beginning of the year 1991, the United States began to prepare for war but this time in the Middle East. As the United States and its allies entered the Gulf War, the United States government once again contracted Monarch. Monarch was to supply the United States military and its allies with medicine and medical devices, however, unknown to the public and a majority of governmental officials the United States' top government and military officials made another contract with Monarch to research biological and chemical weapons and countermeasures after finding reports of the Iraqi government actively researching and employing weapons of mass destruction. Monarch agreed to the deal under the terms that the deal was to be made under the table, and Monarch given free reign in their research and development.

The Gulf War only lasted a couple of months, however, the United States being extremely pleased with the results Monarch had produced in the short time the contract has been active decided to extend the contract well after the war's end.

In the years to come, Monarch Solutions has grown to be one of the largest corporations in the United States. By the year 2000, the corporation has expanded to the point of controlling over 200 individual subsidiary firms working in virtually every field of medicine.

## Regional Headquarters

* **Main Headquarters**—New Brunswick, New Jersey
* **Eastern Headquarters**—Atlanta, Georgia
* **Southern Headquarters**—Austin, Texas
* **Western Headquarters**—Sacramento, California

## Notable Employees

### Executive

* **Albert H. Miller**—Original Founder *(Died of Natural Causes, 1934)*
* **Robert J. Miller**—First President of Monarch Solutions *(Died of Natural Causes, 1996)*
* **Peter J. Miller**—Current President *(Status Unknown)*
* **Charles Allura**—Current Vice President *(Status Unknown)*

### Management

* **Isaac Stevens**—Director of Marketing *(Status Unknown)*
* **Dr. Anthony Byron**—Director of Medicine *(Status Unknown)*
* **Dr. Hideki Yasuda**—Director of Pharmacology & Research *(Status Unknown)*
* **Dr. Anne Bolton**—Director of Special Research *(Status Unknown)*

### Researchers

* **Dr. John Clemens**—Former Special Research Laboratory Manager *(Attempted to whistleblow Monarch's activities, Went missing 2002)*