John Carreyrou, the Pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter for the Wall Street Journal, joins host John Barkett on The Business of Health Care to discuss the rise and shocking collapse of the once-heralded blood-testing startup, Theranos. Carreyrou was the first to break the story and pursued it to the end. He chronicles the collapse of Theranos in his book called “BAD BLOOD: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup.”
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The Rise and Fall of Theranos with John Carreyrou
Pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter for the Wall Street Journal
October 8, 2018
• 52 min listen
Pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter for the Wall Street Journal
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