Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos

About this episode

This episode explores the rise and fall of Theranos and its founder Elizabeth Holmes through investigative reporting and court documents.

Primary Investigative Reporting John Carreyrou, “Hot Startup Theranos Has Struggled With Its Blood-Test Technology” (October 15, 2015), The Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/theranos-has-struggled-with-blood-tests-1444881901 John Carreyrou, “Theranos Whistleblower Shook the Company—and His Family” (November 18, 2015), The Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/theranos-whistleblower-shook-the-companyand-his-family-1447872337 John Carreyrou, “Theranos Voids Two Years of Blood-Test Results” (May 18, 2016), The Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/theranos-voids-two-years-of-blood-test-results-1463604787 Books John Carreyrou, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (2018) https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/557813/bad-blood-by-john-carreyrou/ Court Documents and Government Filings United States v. Elizabeth A. Holmes, Indictment (June 15, 2018) United States District Court, Northern District of Californiahttps:// www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/press-release/file/1077886/download SEC v. Elizabeth Holmes and Ramesh Balwani (March 14, 2018), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Press Release…

Topics covered

• Theranos
• Elizabeth Holmes
• blood-test technology
• investigative reporting
• whistleblower
• court documents
• Silicon Valley

Keywords

• Theranos
• Elizabeth Holmes
• John Carreyrou
• blood tests
• whistleblower
• court case
• Bad Blood
• Silicon Valley
• SEC
• CMS

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Theranos, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Justice

Books & works: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

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