Well, I think it could be played as the Laplace syndrome was an actual mystery disease, which might have been a manifestation of her latent psychic powers, and the medicine ended up serving as a catalyst that helped unleash it.  Because Sigma-Aldrich would be a pharmaceutical company and it would produce legitimate items for consumer use to serve as an effective cover.  But the medicine had a side-effect that was unintended and now the League is working feverishly on perfecting the formula.<br/><br/>Actually, we have a mad scientist in the form of Dr. Telemar Creel so it'd be fun if the writer wanted to jump in on this tool.  So you have three people involved in the super-formula: Lucy -- who was the first successful candidate and prototype.  Nicole -- the laboratory worker who got exposed and gained her powers.  Dr. Creel -- perhaps one of the founding researchers who might take an interest in the health and progress of our little dynamic criminal duo.<br/><br/>Anyways, just a thought.  Basically, I was wanted to offer a way so you could keep your original idea for your character background but at the same time, we do a bit of hand-waving to meld things respectively together for the sake of storyboarding and continuity.