Chapter 783

Chris had a hesitant look on his face when Donovan said he had an assignment for him. Still, he said, "What is it?" Donovan immediately forwarded him a link to a particular article, saying that a pharmaceutical company had recently colluded with the media to run a smear campaign against Kane Pharmaceutical Group's newly developed drug. In the article, the journalist claimed that the drug contained certain banned, addictive ingredients. Although rumors about it hadn't spread like wildfire, it had still done enough to damage the company's image. Some hospitals had even pulled it from their shelves at the first whiff of trouble. Even though they'd already reported this to the police, it would take a long time for the authorities to investigate and issue a statement on the rumor-mongering. By the time the official statement was out, it was likely that the negative buzz regarding the drug would be household news. Once consumers slapped the "counterfeit drug" label on it, the losses the