By Marco della Cava, USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO – The Fourth of July may be the big holiday for the rest of the nation. But for Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, July 3 was party time.
On Friday, an Arizona law co-authored by Holmes’ high-tech company went into effect, allowing patients to order blood tests without involving a doctor. It represents a significant step towards Holmes’ ultimate mission: giving consumers control over monitoring their health via inexpensive and comparatively painless tests.
“’If people begin to engage, they can test and monitor their health before they get sick.’”
“This bill demonstrates that we can facilitate a new era between physicians and patients,” Holmes tells USA TODAY. “If people begin to engage, they can test and monitor their health before they get sick.”
Theranos’ calling card is the ability to run tests based on a finger prick, using not vials but mere drops of blood that are collected in its patented Nanotainers. The vials along with Theranos’ testing procedures received Food and Drug Administration approval Thursday.
