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Walgreens, which had sunk a total of $140 million into Theranos, filed its own lawsuit against the company, accusing it of failing to meet the “most basic quality standards and legal requirements” of the companies’ contract. “The fundamental premise of the parties’ contract—like any endeavor involving human health—was to help people, and not to harm them,” the drugstore chain wrote in its complaint.