Fertility & pregnancy

As a new home fertility test is approved, Femtech World finds out how digital technology could transform healthcare around the world. Dr Angelica Kohlmann joins our call from Austria. As the executive chairman of the Swiss company Bloom Diagnostics, she is happy to announce its new at-home Ovarian Reserve test that measures the AMH (anti-Müllerian [...]

The significant funding amount will allow the app to expand its current offerings in the UAE

The app aims to humanise the IVF and fertility treatment experience

With some studies suggesting as many as six out of seven women miss vital postnatal visits, FemTech World investigates why we need to change the narrative around postpartum recovery. Sandra Wirström was working in the digital health sector in Sweden when she had her two daughters. She experienced birth injuries both times and she was [...]

At-home artificial insemination sees increasing popularity, as only 32 per cent of the IVF cycles in England are covered by the NHS. The medical firm Béa Fertility is preparing to launch an intracervical insemination (ICI) kit that can safely be used at home, aiming to make fertility treatment more affordable for those who can't afford [...]

The prospect of creating a womb entirely outside of the human body is becoming evermore likely, as Femtech World reports. Scientists are working to develop systems that mimic the human uterus and to make the idea of human ectogenesis - growing a baby in an artificial environment outside of the human body - a reality. The [...]

A digital IVF portal run by multi-lingual fertility physicians, nurses and counsellors will offer personalised consultancy to patients. NOW-fertility launches this spring and will match fertility patients with different clinics based on their location and therapeutic needs and requirements. Investigations, ultrasound scans and blood tests will be carried out close to the patient’s home by [...]

A Swiss firm has received European approval for its fertility home test kit with real-time results that could relieve the pressure on GPs amid ongoing pressure caused by pandemic. The Bloom Ovarian Reserve test developed by Bloom Diagnostics measures the AMH (anti-Müllerian hormone), a hormone produced by the granulosa cells in the ovarian follicles, considered [...]