Tech & devices

The Magtrace lymphatic tracer has become the latest Endomag device to receive EU Medical Device Regulation (EU MDR) certification, marking the final step in securing approval across the full Endomag surgical platform. This announcement follows the approval of the Magseed marker in October 2025, meaning that all technologies across the Sentimag portfolio have now been [...]

A large real-world study has found that an AI-powered digital tool developed by Megi Health can significantly reduce blood pressure over time while maintaining high long-term patient engagement -  a combination that has remained a major challenge in hypertension care. The peer-reviewed research, published in JMIR mHealth and uHealth, analysed real-world data from more than [...]

Joy Parenting Club acquires Heba Care, widening its parenting support platform, and will roll out an AI tracker for feeding, sleep and nappies to all Joy users in 30 to 60 days. The tracker is currently in beta testing. Joy combines AI guidance on feeding, sleep, child development and everyday parenting with access to clinically [...]

Femtech app Ovum has agreed a strategic partnership with creative agency AKQA Australia to support growth and boost consumer adoption. The collaboration will see AKQA develop creative concepts across digital, PR and social channels, with a major brand moment planned for International Women’s Day 2026. Founded by Dr Ariella Heffernan-Marks, a former medical doctor turned [...]

Ten FemTech innovations have been chosen for Accelerating FemTech: Evaluate, led by Health Innovation South London and DigitalHealth.London with UK partners. The accelerator, part of the Innovate UK Biomedical Catalyst, supports women’s health solutions at technology readiness level 4 or higher, meaning prototypes proven in a lab or relevant setting and preparing for market entry. [...]

A new AI model can predict a person’s risk of developing breast cancer up to five years in advance by analysing mammograms. The technology could make screening more effective by identifying women who need additional imaging. In one study, women the algorithm flagged as high risk were four times more likely to develop breast cancer [...]

Revela has raised £411k pre-seed to develop AI that analyses ultrasound for earlier endometriosis diagnosis. Revela is building software that analyses ultrasound images early in the diagnostic pathway and returns a report for clinicians highlighting possible signs of endometriosis to review. The aim is to shorten the wait between a first GP visit, diagnosis and [...]

Joi + Blokes acquires HerMD, creating a virtual women’s health platform serving all 50 US states after HerMD’s shift to online-only care in spring 2025. HerMD relaunched as a virtual-only platform in spring 2025 after closing its physical sites in March 2025. Financial terms were not disclosed. The company had previously raised about US$30m, including [...]

By Wolfgang Hackl, CEO, OncoGenomX Inc., Allschwil, Switzerland “Free” digital health tools are rarely free. In most cases the user – healthy or patient - pay with something far more valuable than a subscription fee: intimate, high-granularity data about their bodies, behaviours, and vulnerabilities. As digital health platforms grow into critical infrastructure for care, research [...]

Human Health has raised £4.1m seed funding to expand its precision health platform for patients with chronic conditions and accelerate UK rollout. The company’s “Precision Health OS” is an operating system-style platform that uses patient-reported data and AI to tailor care. Patients can track symptoms, treatments and routines, detect patterns and share doctor-ready reports. More [...]