Summaries

Officials at a pharmaceutical company try to prevent a researcher from exposing the truth about a dangerous drug.

Beautiful, successful Jessica Slate is used to getting what she wants whether she has to use her brains, charm, or body to do it. So when Jessica is hired by Mickelson Pharmaceuticals to fast-track a drug that will keep the company afloat, she's confident she can convince the FDA to make it happen. What she doesn't know, however, is that one of the researchers, Don, has discovered that the drug is killing people. When Don threatens to go public with the information and block the drug's approval, Jessica has him murdered. All goes as planned and Jessica is able to cover up the crime, or at least she thinks she has...until Don's pre-med school daughter, Renee, launches her own investigation into her father's death. Will she be able to discover the truth before it's too late?—Anonymous

Beautiful, successful Jessica Slate is used to getting what she wants whether she has to use her brains, charm, or body to do it. So when Jessica is hired by Mickelson Pharmaceuticals to fast-track a drug that will keep the company afloat, she's confident she can convince the FDA to make it happen. What she doesn't know, however, is that one of the researchers, Don, has discovered that the drug is killing people. When Don threatens to go public with the information and block the drug's approval, Jessica has him murdered. All goes as planned and Jessica is able to cover up the crime, or at least she thinks she has... What Jessica doesn't count on is that Don's pre-med school daughter, Renee, finds her father's death suspicious and launches her own investigation. As Renee digs deeper and starts putting the puzzle together, she discovers the awful truth and without tipping off Jessica or her co-conspirators, must find a way to prove it.—Anonymous

Details

Keywords
  • pharmaceutical company
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Mystery
  • Drama
Release date May 23, 2013
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) TV-14
Countries of origin Canada
Language English
Filming locations Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Production companies Capital Productions

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 23m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 1.78 : 1

Synopsis

A power-hungry woman Jessica (Jamie Luner) is hired as the Exec. VP of a struggling pharmaceutical company after the son of the President is killed in a car accident. Determined to keep the company afloat and fast track the drug the company is developing, her plan comes to a stand still when the lead researcher Don (Gary Hudson) discovers the drug is dangerous. Jessica buries the results but Don's ethics won't allow him to sit by and watch anyone else die. Jessica and her colleague Cameron (Linden Ashby) find a way to shut Don up before he can expose her lies and bring the entire company down.

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