Punctured

From the Drug Policy Forum of Texas e-mail list:

Based on true case synopsis: Houston based drug-addicted attorney Mike and his business partner Paul take on a case involving an emergency room nurse who has been pricked by an infected needle. Uncovering a web of corporate conspiracies, Mike and Paul quickly find themselves outmatched.

From the Wiki:

The story is based on two young lawyers and a syringe manufacturer who had invented a safety syringe that he was unable to sell. The safety syringe manufacturer filed an antitrust lawsuit against the two largest hospital group purchasing organizations and a large syringe manufacturer claiming he was being shut out of the market.[3] The case was settled before trial for $150 million.[4]

In addition the film brings to light several issues affecting American health care:
1. Accidental needle sticks cause thousands (800,000 quoted in movie several times) of US nurses to be infected by HIV, Hepatitis C and other infectious diseases every year.
2. Needle reuse in Africa and Asia directly cause 1.3 million deaths annually, 23 million hepatitis infections annually and 260,000 HIV/AIDS infections annually.[6]

You can get the movie Puncture on DVD, BLU RAY, Amazon, Netflix, iTunes, and Blockbuster. Among others.