Enlarge / Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes inside the Robert F. Peckham US Federal Court on June 28, 2019, in San Jose, Calif. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Theranos founder Elizabeth Sherlock holmes told Walgreens executives in an email that pharma giant Pfizer had completed its “own technical validation” of Theranos, jurors in Holmes’ […]
Enlarge / Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes collects her belongings after going through security at the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building with her defense team on August 31, 2021, in San Jose, California. (credit: Ethan Swope | Getty Images) There is a saying within the startup world that many companies try to fake it till they […]
A 21-year-old woman in Oklahoma has been found guilty of first-degree manslaughter after losing her baby during a miscarriage last year. On October 5, Brittney Poolaw was sentenced to four years in prison after miscarrying at 17 weeks gestation (according to an autopsy on the unborn fetus) in 2020, as local ABC affiliate KSWO reported. […]
Enlarge / Elizabeth Holmes, founder and former CEO of blood-testing and life sciences company Theranos, leaves the courthouse with her husband, Billy Evans, after the first day of her fraud trial in San Jose, California, on September 8, 2021. (credit: Nick Otto / AFP) In yesterday’s installment of the Elizabeth Holmes criminal trial, the jury […]
Enlarge / Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos Inc., left, arrives at federal court in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg) Safeway’s ex-CEO said his company did more than 100 hours of due diligence for a deal with Theranos that would ultimately cost the grocery chain over $360 million before […]
Enlarge / Elizabeth Holmes, founder and chief executive officer of Theranos, is on trial for wire fraud. (credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images) Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’ charisma may have convinced the CEO of a major grocery store chain to form a partnership with the company, but it wasn’t enough to prevent the relationship from souring […]
Enlarge / Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes leaves the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building and US Courthouse in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. Holmes is charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and nine counts of wire fraud plus could face up to 20 years within prison if convicted. (credit: […]
Enlarge / Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. (credit: Getty | CNBC ) A scientist who worked at a Theranos partner said that her company did not “comprehensively validate” the diagnostic startup’s proprietary devices, undermining a claim that founder Elizabeth Holmes allegedly made to investors. Victoria Sung had been tasked with evaluating Theranos’ Edison device for her […]
Trust Jamie Spears to put up a fight, even on his way out the door. On Wednesday, Britney Spears got the news she’s been waiting years for: her dad was suspended as her conservator. Yesterday’s court hearing was contentious, but ultimately, the singer’s team ended up victorious, and #FreeBritney fans everywhere are celebrating. Related: Britney […]
Enlarge / Elizabeth Holmes, founder and former CEO of Theranos, arrives for motion hearing on Monday, November 4, 2019, at the US District Courthouse in San Jose, California. (credit: Getty | Yichuan Cao) A patient on blood thinners reported bruising and feeling off after a medication change following a Theranos test, the court heard yesterday […]