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NOW-fertility announces the launch of a new digital fertility platform backed by the Microsoft for Startups program. The partnership sees NOW-fertility transforming fertility treatment delivery with a digital IVF portal that combines ‘always-on’ virtual consultancy and support, with physical care from clinical IVF centres. The platform draws on machine learning and AI to prognosticate the [...]

Menopause support app balance launches a holistic service in an effort to improve women's future health.  Balance+ is a newly-launched extension of the original balance app and gives women access to specialists and clinicians in the field, aiming to help them optimise their mental health, nutrition and sleep as well as physical and sexual health. [...]

By replicating milk-producing cells of humans, an Israeli start-up is developing a sustainable breastfeeding alternative to offer nutritional support to infants.  Wilk develops technologies for producing cell-based milk secreted from mammary epithelial cells, which are found in the mammary glands of both humans and animals. After collecting the mammary gland tissue, the milk-producing cells are [...]

As SteelSky Ventures raises the world's largest women's health VC fund, Femtech World asks founding partner Maria Velissaris how this could unlock new growth opportunities. In a world where Covid has catalysed telemedicine and digital healthcare, investment in technology infrastructure is needed more than ever. The close of a US$72m fund makes SteelSky the world's [...]

Female-founded app, Hormonious Flo, has been awarded a £5,000 bursary, as part of Starling Bank’s Take Flight campaign for small businesses. Alexis Abayomi, a self-taught app developer, teamed up with menstrual-health coach and psychology student Sasha Cayward to develop an app that helps women to track their menstrual cycle symptoms like period pain or acne [...]

As the first woman in the world is believed to be cured of HIV, could this pave the way for a future cure against the virus?  The news of the first female patient and the third person in the world believed to be cured of HIV was received with great enthusiasm. The woman from the [...]

Ahead of this week's Women's Health Innovation Forum, Priya Oberoi tells Femtech World how the conference could shape the future of femtech and start a dialogue around gender inequality. Last year Scotland became the first country in the UK to have a Women's Health Plan designed to improve access to healthcare and reduce women's health [...]

Vira Health, creator of menopause app Stella, has raised US$12m in new funding to continue its mission of improving women’s long-term health. The new investment will support growth of the Stella app in the US market, clinical trials and the addition of medication and telemedicine. Stella is the first digital therapy product from Vira Health [...]

This is the first study to demonstrate the superiority of digital therapeutic devices over Kegels alone in treating urinary incontinence.

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