Nexus Pharmaceuticals/3.0

Nexus Pharmaceuticals was a producer and distributor of over-the-counter and prescription medication, owned by Jazz Ryder (on behalf of Michael Simone).
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==General Information==
Nexus Pharmaceuticals, based in Paleto Bay, aimed to improve the health and well-being of the San Andreas population through the provision of legal drug treatment options, spanning the process from research and development to delivery. 
Its R&D arm included medical research, primarily clinical trials, to investigate possible remedies to ailments such as high blood pressure, anxiety, psychosis and more. 
Distribution was managed by medical institutions such as Simone Memorial Hospital via prescription. 
The Nexus Pharmaceuticals building was destroyed in December 2023, set alight by Michael following a fall out between him and Benji Ramos. 
===Products===
==History==
Origin
Having been previously denied a pharmaceutical company by the Mayor Lang Buddha administration, former terrorist Michael Simone (now an investor) and Jazz Ryder (the new Chairman of the Board) met with Mayor Sexton "Hardcastle" Cohen and Deputy Mayor Etta Hawthorne on June 19, 2023 to pitch their new Nexus Pharmaceuticals distribution and logistics company. Sexton suggested a meeting with the LSMG Board of Directors given that Simone Memorial Hospital already had PillBot's pharmacy. Purposely invited into the office by Michael, Eve Summers partially overheard Sexton complaining about Lang's grudge against Hospital Administrator Bunny and how Sexton only cared about one person in Lang's family. Lang finally broke his silence and called Sexton, confronting him about what Eve had overheard. When Sexton told Lang that he had bad-mouthed him for ghosting him, Lang "pencilled him in for Christmas Day" and hung up. Afterward, Sexton sent Lang an event invite to a Christmas meeting--but Lang didn't see it (Sexton also eventually texted an apology to Lang which he rejected).
On June 26, 2023, Michael and Jazz pitched Nexus Pharmaceuticals to the LSMG Board of Directors with Mayor Sexton Cohen in attendance. Michael offered to produce over-the-counter and prescription medication for the Simone Memorial Hospital and Simone Mental Institute for Long-term Evaluation to sell. Bunny explained that in the past, their hospital pharmacy had too many drugs and was too complicated for their pharmacists to understand. Jazz offered to streamline the process. The LSMG Board of Directors granted Nexus Pharmaceuticals a one-month trial period to take over both over-the-counter and prescription medications for the hospital. Bunny offered Jazz a list of the drugs that they need, and Mayor Sexton unilaterally approved the Nexus Pharmaceuticals business proposal.
Clinical Trials and Storefront
Reggie Might submitted proposed legislation for pharmaceuticals, but never heard back from the Los Santos Senate.
Eve Summers gave Michael Simone a storefront for Nexus Pharmaceuticals in Paleto. On August 19, 2023, she signed a consent and release agreement to participate in their clinical trial stipulating that Nexus would pay her $50,000 to try out their new medications (Eve also found out that Juno Sweeney was participating in a clinical trial). Jazz Ryder designed the interior of the storefront.
Sanguine Isle Fallout
In the aftermath of the Sanguine Isle war that irradiated the island, Dr. Dahlia Fey began researching whether radiation from the island was irradiating any of the new mushrooms that were growing on Los Santos. After leaving the Los Santos Medical Group, Dahlia joined Nexus Pharmaceuticals as a "Medical Professional" and was able to continue her research with Nexus' laboratory and tools such as Geiger counters. Dahlia and LSMG Board of Director Sabith "Bunny" Cohen decided to help Survivor: Blood vs. Water winner Edgar Del Castillo and his cousin Cesar Delgado write a proposal to the state to decontaminate the radioactive Sanguine Isle. Edgar and Cesar conferred with Mayor Maximillian Angel, Deputy Mayor Etta Hawthorne, and Deputy Mayor Cydney Lune on October 20, 2023 about approving the new business proposal for their "environmental protection agency" Fellowship Enterprises. The meeting went badly when Edgar expressed his interest in the strictly off-limits Sanguine Isle, leading to a dispute over agency, qualifications, evidence of irradiated mushrooms, transparency, and the treason charge for anyone visiting Sanguine Isle. 
Inclined to deny the business proposal, Mayor Max began investigating Nexus Pharmaceuticals and whether they illegally obtained a radioactive sample from the Sanguine Isle. He learned from Nexus investor Jenny Hall that the PD had locked up radioactive samples from a Senate-approved mission to Sanguine Isle. In a meeting with Max, Dahlia clarified her ongoing study of the irradiated mushrooms that appeared in Los Santos after the Sanguine war, whether the radiation on Sanguine Isle is leaking to San Andreas, and Nexus' possible interest in making radiation pills. On October 24, 2023 in the Mayor's Office, Max counterproposed to Dahlia and Bunny that both Edgar and Cesar work at Nexus for a month to earn credentials, that the project fall under government oversight, e.g., AEGIS, and that Chief Justice Alan Crane be the one to approve or disapprove it.
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