Founder of "female jobs" most beautiful liar, the blood testing company began "debt"-venture, cheater-IT information
Suspicion of false propaganda and American unicorns valuations were as much as $9 billion technology company Theranos 1.5 years with lawsuits, and precarious. Passion "embrace" Theranos Arizona, Theranos also was punished, start to cheat "debts".
Local time, the United States on April 18, Arizona Attorney General and Theranos companies reached a settlement agreement in Arizona received Theranos blood testing services to all customers will receive a full refund Theranos company. Period from 2013 to 2016, Arizona has more than 175,000 customers to purchase the service, refund the amount totals about $4.65 million (about RMB 32.01 million). Meanwhile, Theranos also paid US $200,000 (about 1.38 million yuan) civil fine and $25,000 (about 170,000 yuan) in legal fees, and refund management expenses incurred in the process.
"I want to make sure that every purchase Theranos the Arizona blood services residents received a full refund. "Arizona Attorney-General make·bunuoweiqi (Mark Brnovich) said in an interview:" because the biggest problem is that you don't know what the test results were accurate, which is inaccurate. "Theranos acknowledged that about 10% results are not accurate.
In addition, according to the settlement agreement, Theranos next two years not owns, operates or guidance of any lab in Arizona. The day before, on April 17, Theranos also reach agreement with the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, agreed to not engaged in blood-testing business in two years.
Now assets shrank, reputation plummeted Theranos has been placed above the altar. In 2003, Stanford University students ' yilishabai·huoermusi (Elizabeth Holmes) founded Theranos. Known as "female jobs" led by founder, Theranos became stars of technology companies in Silicon Valley, with its subversive propaganda blood testing technology attracted a total of 725 million dollars. Theranos's mouth, the testing equipment developed by Edison only a few drops of blood, can be detected in 4-5 hours including cholesterol and cancer, including more than 200 different indicators, and detection of more than more than 100 individual prices as low as $10 or less.
Yilishabai·huoermusi (Elizabeth Holmes). She loves Steve, always wore his trademark high-necked black sweater.
However, in October 2015, a survey by the Wall Street Journal reported Theranos from stars into "hot potato". The reports, Theranos blood test results do not guarantee the accuracy, said the blood test most is done on a traditional equipment, instead of independent development of Edison equipment.
Came to "cheat" Theranos came to a standstill, facing many lawsuits from consumers, investors and collaborators lawsuit. The Arizona Attorney General's Office in January this year of the settlement plan filed a lawsuit against Theranos, think its "long-standing fraud and misrepresentation".
It is worth mentioning that, Theranos peak, Arizona Government was one of Theranos fans. In May 2015, Holmes, lobbying, Governor of Arizona daoge·disai (Doug Ducey) signed the State's bills, consumers without the doctor's consent to have the relevant qualifications of clinical laboratory testing. At the signing ceremony, Holmes stood behind the Governor a few steps away. This Bill will undoubtedly help Theranos out bound sales, Arizona became one of its main markets.
Less than two years later, Theranos received the opposite treatment. And Arizona before reaching a reconciliation agreement, Theranos already by the United States federal regulators a lot of investigation and punishment.
October 2015, given the many problems discovered in the inspection, the United States food and drug administration requires Theranos stopped using Edison equipment. In January 2016, the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services survey points out that in the field, Theranos laboratory there are many gaps in the procedures and test results, would directly harm the patient's health and safety.
The end of 2016, Theranos companies account for $200 million in cash, but it faces legal costs up to $240 million. That same year, Fortune magazine once worth almost $4 billion net worth of Holmes was cut to 0.
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因涉嫌虚假宣传，估值曾高达90亿美元的美国独角兽科技公司Theranos一年半来官司缠身、岌岌可危。在曾热情“拥抱”过Theranos的美国亚利桑那州，Theranos也受到了惩罚，开始为自己的欺骗行为“还债”。
美国当地时间4月18日，美国亚利桑那州检察长和Theranos公司达成和解协议，在亚利桑那州接受过Theranos验血服务的所有顾客将收到Theranos公司的全额退款。2013年至2016年期间，亚利桑那州有超过17.5万位顾客购买了该服务，退款额总计约465万美元（约为3201万元人民币）。同时，Theranos还需支付20万美元（约为138万元人民币）的民事罚款、2.5万美元（约为17万元人民币）的法律费用，以及退款过程中产生的管理费用。
“我想要确保每个购买过Theranos血检服务的亚利桑那州居民得到全额退款。”美国亚利桑那州检察长马克·布诺维奇（Mark Brnovich）在接受采访时表示：“因为最大的问题是，你不知道哪些检测结果是准确的，哪些是不准确的。”Theranos承认，大约10%的检查结果是不准确的。
此外，根据和解协议，Theranos未来两年内无法在亚利桑那州拥有、运营或指导任何实验室。就在前一天，4月17日，Theranos还与美国医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心达成协议，同意在两年内不从事血液检测业务。
如今资产大幅缩水、声誉一落千丈的Theranos公司曾被置于神坛之上。2003年，还是斯坦福大学学生的伊丽莎白·霍尔姆斯（Elizabeth Holmes）创立了Theranos。在这位被称为“女版乔布斯”的创始人带领下，Theranos一度成为硅谷的明星科技公司，凭借其宣传的颠覆性验血技术吸金累计7.25亿美元。在Theranos公司的口中，其所研发的检测设备Edison仅需几滴血，就可以在4-5小时内检测出包括胆固醇和癌症在内的200多种不同指标，而且有100多个单项检测的价格低至10美元以内。
伊丽莎白·霍尔姆斯（Elizabeth Holmes）。她酷爱乔布斯，总是穿着乔布斯标志性的高领黑色毛衣。
然而，2015年10月，《华尔街日报》的一篇调查报道让Theranos从明星公司变为“烫手山芋”。该报道披露，Theranos的血检结果无法保证准确性，其宣称的血检项目大部分是在传统设备上完成，而非自主开发的Edison设备。
被揭发“骗行”的Theranos急转直下，面临来自消费者、投资人和合作者的诸多诉讼官司。此次和解的亚利桑那州总检察长办公室在今年1月开始计划对Theranos提起诉讼，认为其“长期存在欺骗行为和虚假陈述”。
值得一提的是，在Theranos鼎盛时期，亚利桑那州政府曾是Theranos的拥趸之一。2015年5月，在霍尔姆斯的游说之下，亚利桑那州州长道格·迪塞（Doug Ducey）签署该州法案，消费者无需医生同意就可以在有相关临床资质的实验室进行检测。签署仪式时，霍尔姆斯就站在州长身后几步之远。这项法案无疑帮助Theranos摆脱了销售束缚，亚利桑那州成为其主力市场之一。
时隔不到两年，Theranos得到了截然相反的待遇。在和亚利桑那州达成和解协议之前，Theranos已经遭到来自美国联邦监管部门的诸多调查和惩罚。
2015年10月，鉴于在多次检查中发现的问题，美国食品药品监督管理局要求Theranos停止使用Edison设备。2016年1月，美国医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心在实地调查后指出，Theranos实验室在操作过程和测试结果中存在大量缺陷，会直接危害患者健康和安全。
2016年底，Theranos公司账上现金为2亿美元，但其面临的诉讼费用高达2.4亿美元。同年，《财富》杂志将曾经身价直逼40亿美元的霍尔姆斯个人净资产下调为0。