Why the unnecessary secrecy?

[anonymous]

They have lots of IP, so why be so stealthy? I can understand stealth if not protected, but with all the patents, it makes no sense to me.

Hoping someone in the know can respond.

Are there any current/former employees out there reading this board?

 

[anonymous]

As a lab industry professional, I've been watching Theranos for a couple or three years. I was skeptical then, but am even more so when I see the hematology correlations on their website:

First: they're limited (It's also not clear what platform was used for the CBCs):

Eos (%, r=0.99)
Hct (r=1.00)
Hgb (r=1.00)
Lymphs (%, r=1.00)
Neuts (%, r=1.00)
Plts (r=0.99)
RBC (r=0.99)
WBC (r=0.99).

Where are MCV, MCH, MCHC, and Basos?

Second: Too good to be true...

The R-values are all either 0.99 or 1.00. This is almost too good to be true for a comparison on Technology X (the Theranos device) vs Technology Y (the predicate). If I'd seen some 0.97s (even one!), I would have been less skeptical. If these data from diluted blood vs same specimen whole blood on their mainstream instruments - that might be more plausible.

So now I look forward to hearing just how they got such good data...but I'm not holding my breath!

 

[anonymous]

Look for Holmes to be a cellmate of Tonya Mallory (HDL) - two crooks who sought the limelight, who were happy to bask in the sun, and are now finding out was Icarus discovered.

 

[anonymous]

They have lots of IP, so why be so stealthy? I can understand stealth if not protected, but with all the patents, it makes no sense to me.

Hoping someone in the know can respond.

Are there any current/former employees out there reading this board?

If there has been a time in Theranos history when Ms Holmes needs to disclose more information about their technology, the time is now. Read in the past two weeks, two of her heavy hitting Republican figureheads on the board-Henry Kissinger and George Schultz-have resigned.

 

[anonymous]

Kissinger and Shultz should be made to hold the stock as it tanks, and a class action suit should be filed for devaluing an entire industry with their BS that tests vand be done for pennies.

 

[anonymous]

Scam, bam, thank you ma'am. Another phoney who used charm and ???? to bamboozle/win over a bunch of old horny men and then took money from what are supposed to be savvy investors, but are really just greedy VC pricks who usually screw over companies - so on that score, she screwed everyone!