Looking for a Leverage plot?
Look up Liveyon.
A company that refuses to admit fault? And gets off without any real consequences?
Overpriced product?
A company leader who says when people are in major pain, they can manage the high prices?
Product is actually snake oil?
Worse--this incredibly expensive product is actively harmful and has destroyed lives?
A CEO who talks about his childhood dream was being rich and has actually been involved in multiple scandals but somehow keeps getting investments?
People have tried to call them out, have had vials tested, and still the company exists? The only difference now is that they make their own stem cell product.
A company that has actually paid to improve their reps online and bury unflattering online information?
People who hijack hope to make money and hurt people?
Seriously. Look up Liveyon.
(I learned about them through Wondery’s Bad Batch podcast).
ETA: The company has settled with its victims, but the settlements are secret. Some hope the industry will regulate stem cell clinics in the future, while others are less optimistic. And Liveyon is still in business. The company literally holds seminars in which they tell doctors how to squeeze more money out of their patients.
ETA 2: Guy says he can’t care about money because he already has money. He’s so altruistic. Plus, any more errors would totally sink the company, so of course they’ll be more careful. And the FDA is just out for them unfairly because they want to make an example. I cannot emphasize enough how icky this guy is.