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Erin Woo

Good morning from San Jose! Daniel Edlin is back on the stand. We’re still expecting former Pfizer diagnostics director Shane Weber next.

 

Erin Woo

We’re breaking for the day. I’ll be back tomorrow at 9 a.m. for more of Edlin’s cross-examination.

 

Erin Woo

Downey asks Edlin a series of questions around whether he ever took steps to put forward any claim he knew to be false. Edlin says repeatedly that he did not. “That information was reliant on information you had gotten from scientists in the company, correct?” “Yes.”

 

Erin Woo

Downey started by having Edlin confirm that he was not a tech expert — Edlin majored in public policy at Duke.

 

Erin Woo

And — defense changes the subject completely. We’re back to talking about Theranos’s technology as we begin cross-examination.

 

Erin Woo

With that, we’re through with direct and onto cross. Testimony is scheduled to end at 3 today, so Edlin will likely continue tomorrow.

 

Erin Woo

Edlin said he was in meetings where Balwani said he would defer to Holmes. “Generally, she was the C.E.O., so she had the final decision-making authority.” Edlin said he saw them disagree about “certain topics.” When they disagreed, Edlin says there wasn’t always a decision that was made. He saw times when Balwani would defer to Holmes but can’t recall the reverse.

 

Erin Woo

Back from break. Bostic is pivoting to what Edlin observed of Holmes and Balwani working together. Holmes and Balwani had offices next to each other with glass walls. They often ate lunch together and were in discussion together, he said, but nothing else stands out.

 

Erin Woo

We’re going through slides approved by Holmes and sent to the military for a 2012 burn study. After many claims, Bostic asks Edlin whether he knew at the time whether this was true or not. Edlin says repeatedly he didn’t know, but he had no reason to doubt it. One exception: One bullet read that most results could be obtained in less than 20 minutes, but Edlin testified that demo run times were usually longer than 20 minutes.

 

Erin Woo

In the doc: “Theranos has created a point-of-service laboratory infrastructure that generates real-time data from a finger-stick of blood or other micro-volumes of different sample types delivering higher quality data than previously possible.” Also: “Each Theranos device can run every test currently available through the traditional centralized or hospital laboratory infrastructure.” Edlin testifies: “I had no reason to believe it wasn’t true.”

 

Erin Woo

We are now looking at a document that was sent to Major Steven Cook. “Everything in this document was reviewed and approved by Elizabeth,” Edlin testifies. Holmes was highly involved in every discussion/email communication he had with the military, he says.

 

Erin Woo

Switching topics to Theranos’s interactions with the military. Edlin helped support Theranos’s military and D.O.D. relationships. “The end goal for these communications was to set up a research program that would compare Theranos testing to the testing available to the military.”