Tech & devices

The founders of Mirvie are tapping into their expertise in RNA science and oncology to address gaps in maternal health with a platform that can predict pregnancy complications, such as preeclampsia, before they happen. With 46,000 maternal deaths and 500,000 fetal or newborn deaths related to preeclampsia every year globally, there is an urgent need [...]

By Chloe Skidmore, Technical Assistant, Reddie & Grose LLP As the conversation around menopause continues to gain long-overdue visibility, FemTech is playing a pivotal role in redefining how this life stage is experienced, tracked, and managed. While the sector has long championed innovation in areas like fertility, pelvic health, and cycle tracking, it's now shifting [...]

A couple who had been trying to conceive for 19 years have become the first to achieve pregnancy using an artificial intelligence system designed to detect sperm in men with azoospermia – a condition where no sperm are visible in semen. The pregnancy was announced in March 2025 by doctors at Columbia University Fertility Center. [...]

Three Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill to restrict companies from collecting or sharing reproductive health data, in response to growing concerns over digital surveillance following the fall of Roe v Wade. The “my body, my data” bill was introduced in both the US House and Senate and aims to prohibit businesses from collecting, using, [...]

Public health bodies should create official period tracking apps to compete with commercial versions, experts say, amid rising concerns over how private companies collect and sell women’s sensitive health data. Cycle tracking apps (CTAs), often presented as tools for empowerment or managing fertility, are a “goldmine” for advertisers, according to research from the University of [...]

A new artificial intelligence tool has improved doctors’ ability to detect skin cancer by 11 per cent, according to research from an international team led by Monash University. The system, named PanDerm, is designed to analyse multiple types of medical images simultaneously to help identify melanoma and other skin diseases more quickly and accurately than [...]

The health and tech industries are failing to capitalise on a $360bn “ghost market” in women’s health, according to a new report. According to the Galen Growth research, femtech global venture funding reached $2.2bn in 2024, but few digital health ventures are addressing the most common health concerns that impact women, such as cardiovascular disease [...]

A self-collection device for cervical cancer screening has shown equivalent effectiveness to traditional clinic-based testing, according to new research that could help address screening gaps affecting women's health outcomes. The SELF-CERV trial, which validated the Teal Wand device across 16 medical sites in the United States, found that self-collected samples detected precancer 96 per cent [...]

By Gail MacLeitch, psychotherapist and VP of AI communications provider QuickBlox, and Leslie Taylor, co-founder of Half the Sky, the team behind BestYet—a digital platform which helps women take control of their menopausal journey. Despite spending more than a third of their lives in menopause, most women face this transition with little support, personally or professionally. Instead, women tend [...]

A groundbreaking, cross-industry initiative designed to improve adherence to clinical guidelines in the treatment of early and metastatic breast cancer has been launched by health data company Novellia. Project EVEREST unites leading researchers, clinicians, and biopharmaceutical companies - including Daiichi Sankyo, Genentech, and AstraZeneca - to identify and address the barriers preventing consistent, evidence-based cancer care across healthcare settings. [...]