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Re:Theranos didn’t work with the huge drug company it suppos... by khaki54 on Tuesday October 27, 2015 @04:32PM (#10460897)
One reason they are so secretive is because they are trying to maintain many of their technical advances as trade secrets rather than patent them.
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Re:Theranos didn’t work with the huge drug company it suppos... by shas3 on Tuesday October 27, 2015 @04:34PM (#10460910)
> maintain many of their technical advances as trade secrets rather than patent them.

That... is true about most companies. Patents are almost always strategic disclosures.

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