Could new femtech-focused hackathon help to close the gender health gap?

A new European hackathon event aimed at closing the gender health gap and advancing women’s health will be launched later this year.

HackHERHealth urges entrepreneurs, students, researchers, tech enthusiasts and life science experts to take part in its inaugural event in Gothenburg, Sweden, in April.

The event will encourage innovators to harness advanced, generative AI tools to tackle gender disparities in health and healthcare.

The initiative’s supporters include pharma giant AstraZeneca, which is funding the project, as well as Microsoft. It is hosted by GoCo Health Innovation City, Health Innovation West and Sahlgrenska Science Park.

HackHERHealth starts with a panel discussion on March 8, International Women’s Day, at GoCo Health Innovation City.

The hackathon itself then takes place on April 12-14 at GoCo and Sahlgrenska Science Park and concludes with an awards ceremony at Sahlgrenska Science Park on April 19.

Hackathons, which have grown in popularity since the mid to late-noughties, serve as a catalyst for collaborative, fast innovation, encouraging the development of new solutions over a 24 to 48-hour period.

See more on the upcoming femtech event here: hackherhealth.tech.