blood tests

Theranos secures FDA waiver to take its blood tests out of the lab
By Jonah Comstock | 11:22 am | July 20, 2015
Palo Alto-based novel blood test company Theranos was granted a waiver from the FDA allowing the company to offer its first FDA-cleared blood test, its herpes simplex 1 virus IgG (HSV IgG) test, outside of a lab setting.
Theranos gets unnecessary FDA clearance for its cheap, fingerstick blood tests
By Jonah Comstock | 09:03 am | July 06, 2015
Theranos, the 12-year-old Palo Alto-based company working on a smaller, cheaper, alternative to common lab blood tests, has received its first voluntary FDA 510(k) clearance, for its herpes simplex 1 virus IgG (HSV IgG) test.