The Rise and Fall of Elizabeth Holmes, and the Documentary That Reopens It All
Elizabeth Holmes said a single drop of blood could run dozens of lab tests in a few hours. Investors believed her. So did Walgreens, a board full of former cabinet secretaries, and Forbes, which named her the world’s youngest self-made billionaire.
But the technology never worked as promised.
Jonathan and Cooper trace how Theranos raised more than $700 million, and sent most patient samples to other companies’ analyzers.
They also cover how a pathologist’s blog, two young lab workers, and Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou helped bring the company down.
The story was supposed to end…
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