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In Health Tech, Beware of Getting Exactly What You Want

August 8, 2019

Last night, I watched a video about the rise and fall of disgraced biotech startup Theranos, which claimed to have invented technology that would dramatically...

23andMe Gets FDA Authorization for Consumer Genetic Health Risk Reports

April 11, 2017

The big news about 23andMe’s FDA approval came out last week when I was holed up at a conference. We're now the 1st & only company to receive...

Theranos “Punks” the Scientific Community In First Public Presentation at AACC

August 2, 2016

Elizabeth Holmes made her first public appearance at #AACC2016 where most thought that she would address the concerns (I’m being nice) around the...

Regulation Lesson Learned from Theranos

April 13, 2016

For those who haven’t been following the Theranos drama, it’s a total mess. At first Theranos and its founder, Elizabeth Holmes, were being touted...

How Will Quick Labs Change Healthcare?

September 23, 2015

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I was struck by the news that HealthSpot was planning to bring the 7 minute blood test to their retail pharmacy clinics. For those not familiar with...

$10 Finger Stick Blood Tests Illustrate New Quantified Future

July 3, 2015

I’ve often talked about the variety of health sensors that are quantifying everything about us and how that’s going to change healthcare as we know...