Listen now: Addressing unmet needs in women over 40 – The Femtech World Podcast

Femtech World meets the founders of the FemAging Project, Denise Pines and Fard Johnmar, to hear more about their mission to harness innovation and address unmet health and well-being needs among women.

Founded in 2019, the FemAging Project delivers research, education, insights and other resources to help drive the development of innovations that meet the unique health, wellness and well-being needs of women. 

The project has two areas of focus: producing insightful original research, engaging in innovation acceleration and other activities to support innovations for women ages 40+, and working to close the women’s health gap by delivering personalised insights to innovators via its AI-powered assistant Femmaya, as well as producing events packed with actionable learnings.

In this episode we talk about the evolution of the FemAging project, how it’s expanding to further advance innovation in women’s health and what trends we can expect to see in the femtech sector in 2025.

Episode guests

Denise Pines is the president of the Osteopathic Medical Board of California, a former president of the Medical Board of California and serves on the Federation of State Medical Boards and the National Minority Health Association. She is a recognised global leader in femtech, an award-winning marketer and serial entrepreneur. She is also an accomplished filmmaker and co-founder of Women in the Room Productions. She has produced 12 award-winning documentaries and her latest film, Shredding the Silence, premiered on PBS on October 18th, sparking a vital conversation about menopause.

Her co-founder, Fard Johnmar, is an innovation futurist, strategist and builder. Between 2005 and 2022, he helped to research, document and lead the evolution of the digital health industry through thought leadership, research, consulting and other activities, often with leading health organizations such as Novartis, Roche and Sanofi. Since 2022, he has been focused on expanding understanding of global women’s health innovation through original research and leading the development of the FemAging Project’s AI-powered intelligence and membership platform, Femalytics.

Find out more about the FemAging Project here

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