What Theranos’ board needed was people capable of scrutinizing every aspect of a system, that, if real, would make every other diagnostic testing system out there look like child’s play.
Safeway spent $367M to prepare for Theranos tests that never came
Elizabeth Holmes’ charisma sealed the deal, but Theranos never delivered.
Elizabeth Holmes’ defense strikes back in cross-examination of lab director
Emails show director left “out of the loop” in hit-or-miss cross-examination.
Theranos device failed pharma evaluation, while lab director cleared it for seven tests
Pharma scientist tells court Theranos’ device was “bad” at testing blood.
Finding fraud in a world of fast-moving deals
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture-capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. We got the crew together — Natasha and Danny and Alex — this time ’round to talk fraud, one of our favorite topics. Sure, we’ve riffed on the ups and downs at Luckin, and we’ve spent more time talking about WeWork’s implosion than […]
Elizabeth Holmes urged employees to hide Theranos’ lab equipment from inspectors
Emails show patient reported injuries when Theranos test prompted dosing change.
Elizabeth Holmes “was in charge” at Theranos, Mattis tells court
“I thought all along that we were doing it on Theranos’ gear,” Mattis said.
Inexplicably volatile Theranos results falsely warned pregnant woman of miscarriage
Erratic test results defied “medical explanation.”
Cherry-picking data was routine practice at Theranos, former lab worker says
Theranos’ Edison device failed at least 25 percent of the time, court hears.
Theranos burned through $2M a week as investors were given rosy projections
Jurors heard about mounting losses, fudged data from first witnesses.