A tech scandal for the ages. The implosion of Theranos was already the focus of a book, a podcast and a documentary before it provided the inspiration for a scripted series starring Amanda Seyfried.The Oscar nominee will play Elizabeth Holmes, the woman who founded the now-defunct health startup.
The Washington, D.C., native dropped out of Stanford University’s School of Engineering to work full-time on her healthcare-focused tech company, Theranos.The corporation’s value soared after Holmes claimed to have developed a rapid blood test that only required a very small sample.
In 2015, however, investigations began to reveal that the company’s so-called Edison blood testing device produced faulty results. John Carreyrou, a reporter for the
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