Aug. 24, 2021 10:25 am ET
The Wall Street Journal’s investigative reporting in 2015 and 2016 exposed how Theranos Inc.’s technology didn’t work, how the blood-testing company tried to cover up its failures and how patients’ lives were affected and their health jeopardized.
Theranos denied the Journal’s reports. The company later settled with investors, lab regulators and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Founder Elizabeth Holmes also denied wrongdoing.
The company formally dissolved in 2018.
Ms. Holmes is set to go on trial soon, in San Jose, Calif., charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud for what prosecutors say was a scheme to defraud investors and patients about the nature of Theranos’s technology. Opening arguments are scheduled to begin Sept. 8. She has pleaded not guilty.
Here’s a sampling of the exclusive articles the Journal published on Theranos: