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Walgreens agrees to pay $44 million to Theranos blood test customers
Walgreens has agreed to pay $44 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by customers who received flawed Theranos blood tests through its centers in Arizona and California.
Elizabeth Holmes has her 11-year prison sentence cut by two years
Holmes is scheduled to be released on December 29th, 2032, two years earlier than expected.
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes fails in bid to stay out of prison during appeal
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has failed to convince the court to let her stay out of prison while she's appealing her 11-year sentence.
Judge rejects Elizabeth Holmes’ bid for freedom while awaiting appeal
A federal judge denied Holmes’s motion for release on Monday as she appealed her conviction on four counts of fraud and conspiracy, as reported by The Guardian. As a result, the Theranos founder is scheduled to report to prison on April 27th.
Former Theranos COO Sunny Balwani sentenced to 12 years and 11 months in prison
Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, Theranos’ former chief operating officer, has been sentenced for his role in defrauding Theranos' former patients and investors.
How Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced to 11 years in prison
More than seven years after the first Wall Street Journal story about problems with Theranos’ blood tests, its founder, Elizabeth Holmes, was sentenced to over a decade in prison for defrauding the company’s investors.
Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to 11 years in prison on fraud charges
Elizabeth Holmes has been sentenced, almost a year after the former Theranos CEO was found guilty on four counts of fraud.
Former Theranos COO Sunny Balwani found guilty of all charges
Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, Theranos’ former chief operating officer, has been found guilty of all charges in his criminal trial.
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‘The Dropout’ offers a timely reminder of the Theranos madness
We review Hulu's new dramatization of the Theranos madness.
Hulu's intense 'The Dropout' trailer shows Elizabeth Holmes' rise to infamy
Amanda Seyfried stars as the Theranos founder, who was recently convicted of defrauding investors.
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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is found guilty of defrauding investors
Elizabeth Homes, the former CEO and founder of Theranos, has been found guilty on charges of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Hulu's Theranos miniseries 'The Dropout' premieres March 3rd
Hulu's Theranos miniseries, The Dropout, premieres on March 3rd, 2022.
Apple snaps up a movie about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes
'Don't Look Up' duo Adam McKay and Jennifer Lawrence are teaming up again on 'Bad Blood.'
The tech CEOs' year of reckoning
It wasn't so long ago that tech CEOs and their wares were changing the world. In fact, we heard that quite often: This or that "innovation" will make the planet a better place. Silicon Valley was clearly getting high on its own supply as it ramped up the hype that the earth was a wasteland until the titans of tech had graced us with an easier way to post a filtered photo or share our thoughts on the finale of Lost.
The Elizabeth Holmes Theranos trial will start next summer
After the scandal, the book, the podcasts and the documentary, the Theranos debacle is finally going to court -- in 2020. U.S. District Court Judge Edward Davila set the start date of co-founder Elizabeth Holmes' criminal trial for August 4th of next year, with jury selection kicking off the week before. She's been indicted -- along with Theranos president Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani -- on 11 counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. After the SEC announced charges last year Theranos finally announced it would shut down, well after it was exposed in 2016 for promoting "fingerprick" blood test technology that didn't work as promised and it largely wasn't using. In pretrial motions, lawyers representing Holmes targeted communications between regulators and a Wall Street Journal reporter and Bad Blood author John Carreyrou. Bloomberg reports they claimed he "was exerting influence on the regulatory process in a way that appears to have warped the agencies' focus on the company and possibly biased the agencies' findings against it."
Researchers hope a blood test can reveal early signs of cancer
Scientists hope to perfect a new blood test that can detect the early signs of eight different types of cancer. Thrive Earlier Detection, a company founded by three Johns Hopkins cancer researchers, has raised $110 million from investors in order to bring ts early screening tool CancerSEEK to market, reports MIT Technology Review. Known as a "liquid biopsy," CancerSEEK works by detecting genetic mutations in tumor DNA and protein markers in blood plasma that are implicated in cancer.
Hulu announces two new Marvel shows including 'Ghost Rider'
Under an expanded deal with Marvel (which is under the wing of its majority owner Disney), Hulu has announced Ghost Rider and Helstrom shows, both of which are set to debut next year. They join other Marvel series including Runaways and several upcoming animated shows on the platform.
Hulu orders a Theranos miniseries starring Kate McKinnon
If HBO's Theranos documentary didn't satisfy your curiosity, you might be in luck. Deadline and Variety have learned that Hulu is ordering The Dropout, a miniseries about the rise and fall of Theranos and its founder Elizabeth Holmes. The show would be produced by and star Saturday Night Live veteran Kate McKinnon, and would have its roots in a similarly-titled podcast that was turned into a 20/20 documentary in March.
