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Female pelvic health-focused medtech firm Axena Health has appointed a new CEO. Randy Pritchard brings nearly 25 years of experience in medical device and health technology, most recently served as CEO of Pillar Biosciences, a sequencing diagnostics company supporting cancer patients, where he led daily operations. He has also held senior roles at Roche Diagnostics, [...]

AI firm Alife Health has agreed a partnership with the largest fertility services provider in North America to expand access to the use of AI tech for in vitro fertilisation (IVF). Inception Fertility is to pilot Alife’s recently launched IVF tool, which is designed to help patients better understand their chances of success with IVF [...]

Hologic is to acquire fellow femtech firm Gynesonics - which has developed minimally invasive solutions for women’s health - for US$350m. Gynesonics, based in California, has developed the Sonata System, a technology intended for diagnostic intrauterine imaging and transcervical treatment of certain symptomatic uterine fibroids, including those associated with heavy menstrual bleeding. Hologic develops medtech [...]

A treatment for hot flashes developed by global pharma firm Bayer has had its new drug application accepted by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The investigational compound elinzanetant is designed for the treatment of moderate-to-severe vasomotor symptoms (VMS, also known as hot flashes) associated with menopause. The new drug application (NDA) acceptance means [...]

Apricity Fertility has announced the appointment of Professor Tim Child as the company's Chief Medical Officer, bringing with him over two decades of expertise in reproductive medicine and IVF advancements.  As an Associate Professor of Reproductive Medicine at the Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, and a Board Member of the [...]

Promising findings by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions could lead to the development of a non-invasive stool test and a new therapy for endometriosis. The study appeared in the journal Med. Dr Rama Kommagani, associate professor in the Department of Pathology and Immunology at Baylor. The researcher said: “Endometriosis develops when lining inside [...]

A team of researchers has created a new sensor to detect sodium ions in breastmilk, a biomarker of elevated mammary permeability, a hallmark of subclinical mastitis that may contribute to milk supply issues and hinder breastfeeding in new mothers. Only a quarter of mothers in the U.S. meet recommendations to exclusively breastfeed for the first [...]

There is variability in when and how cells divide during the development of embryos. While researchers traditionally believed this variability was an obstacle that needed to be regulated, the Hiiragi group now found that it actually promotes healthy development. An embryo consists of cells. These cells divide to make new cells, allowing the embryo to [...]

By an NHS midwife

Most women would welcome the choice between self-sampling and traditional screening in human papillomavirus (HPV)-based cervical screening, a study suggests.  HPV is a common virus transmitted through sexual contact and is the primary cause of cervical cancer, responsible for over 99 per cent of cases. Researchers assessed a group of 2,300 women aged 24-65 who had [...]