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By Lynda Wilkes-Green, Founder of Ahlya As artificial intelligence becomes more deeply embedded in healthcare, we’re standing at a pivotal crossroads where we can either continue to build technology that reflects historic gender bias or we can consciously design a future that recognises and responds to the realities of women’s health. For too long, women [...]

Aa new initiative to help femtech start-ups bring their innovations to market more quickly has been launched in Canada. The Women’s Health Medical Pathway (wHealth MedPath) aims to close a key gap in support for women’s health companies looking to commercialise their products. The programme has been set up by Femtech Canada in collaboration with [...]

Eight tech startups have joined an accelerator programme developing tools to tackle women's cardiovascular and brain health conditions. The firms have been selected for the American Heart Association Heart and Brain Health Accelerator, which offers mentoring, funding opportunities and industry connections to healthcare startups. The accelerator is run through a collaboration between American Heart Association [...]

Winner of the Femtech World Menstrual Health Innovation Award 2025, Serac Healthcare, is aiming to revolutionise endometriosis diagnosis via a non-invasive diagnostic molecular imaging agent. Serac Healthcare chief executive, David Hail, speaks to FemTech World about the company’s mission to improve diagnostic timelines for the condition and empower women’s health. Endometriosis affects more than 176 [...]

A Belfast-based femtech company has launched what it claims is the world’s first AI-powered menstrual tracking system that provides clinical-grade insights into period volume, clotting and cycle trends. Joii’s technology, unveiled in Dublin, combines a specially designed menstrual pad with a mobile app to measure blood volume and clot size in millilitres – offering users [...]

By OncoGenomX, Allschwil, Switzerland When it comes to breast cancer treatment, one truth remains painfully clear: despite decades of progress we still cannot answer the question which treatment(s) a tumour will respond to. At OncoGenomX, we think it’s time to change that. We now have tools that allow us to look inside a tumour, understand [...]

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 Chaitra Vedullapalli We’re asking the wrong question. For years, leaders have been told to “pursue happiness” — for themselves, for their teams, for their culture. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: Happiness is an outcome, not a strategy. And chasing it often leads to burnout, not fulfillment. What we should be pursuing is something deeper, [...]

By Gloria Kolb, Co-Founder & CEO – Elitone Just a couple of months after launching Elitone in the UK, we were delighted to become an approved supplier to the NHS in March this year, to provide Trusts throughout the UK with Elitone as a new solution for pelvic health and incontinence. The NHS is the [...]

By Karishma Patel, Cofounder & Chief Brand Officer at Ema Let’s get this out of the way: Women’s health isn’t a niche. It’s the blueprint. Not just for healthcare. For technology, period. We’ve been sold the idea that designing for women is somehow “specialised,” when in reality it’s the most rigorous, emotionally complex, and systemically [...]