Industry
Healthcare
5 organizations and 19 assessed claims in healthcare.
Organizations
- Grifols, S.A.Spain. 3 claims, 3 cases.
- Johnson & JohnsonUnited States. 4 claims, 2 cases.
- NMC Health plcUnited Arab Emirates. 4 claims, 2 cases.
- Olympus CorporationJapan. 4 claims, 3 cases.
- Theranos, Inc.United States. 4 claims, 2 cases.
Claims
- Supported6
- Partly supported4
- Contradicted4
- Outdated2
- Unresolved2
- Unverifiable1
- Unresolved48Johnson & Johnson said in July 2026 that studies show talc does not cause cancer.
- Unresolved47Spain's Anti-Corruption Prosecutor alleges that Gotham City Research and others spread biased and misleading information about Grifols to push down its share price.
- Outdated76A May 2025 report said NMC Health's administrators were suing EY for around GBP 2 billion in a trial at the High Court in London.
- Supported81Courthouse News reported in May 2025 that the Ninth Circuit denied the former Theranos chief executive's request for en banc rehearing after upholding her conviction in February.
- Outdated86Johnson & Johnson said in September 2024 that its subsidiary Red River Talc LLC had filed a prepackaged Chapter 11 case to resolve all current and future ovarian cancer talc claims.
- Partly supported86Grifols said on 21 March 2024 that the CNMV confirmed its financial statements and indebtedness.
- Partly supported80A January 2024 Gotham City Research report, as reported by Bloomberg and Investing.com, said Grifols artificially reduced its reported debt ratio, in part by consolidating BPC Plasma and Haema, units it had sold in 2018.
- Supported88Muddy Waters alleged in December 2019 that NMC Health was understating its debt.
- Unverifiable35Muddy Waters questioned NMC's reported investment in a hospital, saying the cost of US$7,700 per square metre was well above expected levels.
- Contradicted86NMC Health said in December 2019 that the Muddy Waters report was false and misleading.
- Partly supported55A Reuters investigation in December 2018 reported that Johnson & Johnson knew for decades that asbestos was at times found in its talc and talc powders.
- Contradicted76Johnson & Johnson said in December 2018 that its baby powder is safe and asbestos-free.
- Supported61The New York Times reported in September 2018 that Theranos was preparing to close and dissolve.
- Contradicted93Theranos represented to investors that its portable blood analyzer could run a full range of blood tests from finger drops of blood.
- Partly supported83The SEC said in March 2018 that Theranos, its CEO and its former president carried out a massive fraud, and that the company was liable for it.
- Supported82The US Justice Department said in March 2016 that Olympus Corp. of the Americas would pay US$623.2 million to resolve kickback charges and claims, and that its Latin America unit would pay US$22.8 million over foreign bribery.
- Supported76Press reports in July 2013 said the Tokyo District Court convicted Olympus and three former executives over falsified financial statements and gave the executives suspended prison terms.
- Supported74A third-party committee appointed by Olympus reported in December 2011 that former executives had concealed investment losses and that the management was rotten to the core.
- Contradicted84Olympus said in October 2011 that the advisory fees questioned by its dismissed chief executive raised no problem and that the company had done nothing wrong.