Insight

By Chaitra Vedullapalli, Founder and President of Women in Cloud

Global health products giant GE Healthcare has launched new AI-powered ultrasound tech which it says could improve the diagnosis and monitoring of high-risk pregnancies. The multinational has received FDA clearance in the US for the updated version of its Voluson Expert series of ultrasound systems. The tech features AI-driven functionality and tools which it says [...]

Fem Tech World explores the latest developments in fem tech investments. PinkDx completes Series A Financing PinkDx has completed a second close of its Series A financing, raising US$5m, bringing the total raised in the upsized round to US$45m. The funding will help PinkDx further advance its first diagnostic test for women presenting with a [...]

One of New Zealand’s biggest period care brands has been acquired by Somedays, the Canadian natural period pain relief firm. AWWA Periodcare, which specialises in reusable, absorbent period underwear, was co-founded in 2018 by Michele Wilson and Kylie Matthews. It successfully delivered its mission to create a sustainable alternative to single-use menstrual products. Somedays was [...]

Women are no strangers to decision fatigue. From navigating reproductive health to managing chronic conditions and making daily lifestyle choices, the sheer volume of decisions women face can be overwhelming. Add to this the complexity of healthcare options, time constraints, and information overload, and it’s no surprise that decision fatigue—a state of mental exhaustion that [...]

AI Super Agents: What They Are and Their Potential Global Health Impact Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) represents a significant advancement in AI, with the potential to create systems that can learn, reason, and solve problems across various fields — potentially in ways that exceed human capabilities. Opinions differ on the timeline for AGI development. Sam [...]

Almost half of women across the globe say that healthcare companies are not meeting their needs, highlighting a multimillion dollar opportunity in female-focused healthcare products. A new survey of over 11,ooo women across 12 countries has revealed that 41 per cent believe that they are being let down by healthcare companies that are not catering [...]

Founder of the globally recognised patient advocacy platform, The IVF Warrior, Cheryl Dowling, tells Femtech World how she hopes to use her own experience to empower others on their fertility journey in a new role with myStoria. One in six people globally experience infertility, according to the World Health Organization—around 186 million individuals worldwide. Yet [...]

Europe's first private, women's health tissue bank has been launched by Liverpool-based laboratory and medical education provider BioGrad, backed by a £25m investment. The new tissue bank will work to investigate treatments and cures for women's health conditions such as menopause, endometriosis, cancers, and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), according to reports. The bank aims to [...]

Innovative Birmingham-based nutrition firm Rem3dy Health has been recognised in the first-ever “Sunday Times 100 Tech: Britain's fastest-growing private technology companies” list. The new rankings were compiled by the newspaper’s business reporters and private company data source, Beauhurst. They include firms that either sell their own proprietary technology or have developed technology that is vital [...]