Roche today announced the CE-IVD launch of its automated digital pathology algorithms, uPath HER2 (4B5) image analysis and uPath Dual ISH image analysis for breast cancer to help determine the best treatment strategy for each patient. The image analysis algorithms use artificial intelligence to support pathologists in making faster, more accurate patient diagnoses in breast cancer. The uPath image analysis algorithm suite…
In our “Starter Story” series we invite femtech founders to share their stories of how it all began. How did they come up with the idea? Where did they meet their cofounders and what was the hardest part of going from 0 to 1? In today’s Starter Story we get to share DigiD8’s founding story as told by co-founder Barghavi Govindarajan. DigiD8‘s mission…
Building on its 173-year history of advancing medicine, science and public health, The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) has announced its convening of NYC and national experts to advance research and policy change for maternal and child health equity. NYAM recently launched a 13-member Women’s Health Research & Well-being Workgroup, and on January 12, 2021 will host a virtual Maternal and Child…
KiwiTech, a growing ecosystem committed to helping startups build viable products, drive traction and raise capital, announced a strategic partnership with Hanai, a healthcare platform dedicated to improving the health and lives of women. Over the last decade, KiwiTech has led innovation across multiple verticals scaling businesses in the tech space. Hanai provides a fully transparent platform to deliver, improve and measure…
After selling 20,000 preorders in the first hour of its announcement on December 16 last year, the leading wellness tech company Bellabeat has now already sold over 50,000 preorders of its new smart-wearable product, the Bellabeat Ivy. Ivy is a smart jewelry product for women and the successor of the Bellabeat Leaf, which was sold more than 2.2 million times to date. Just like its predecessor,…
Sera Prognostics, a company focused on improving maternal and neonatal health through innovative precision biomarker approaches, together with leading health benefits company Anthem and its HealthCore subsidiary, an evidence generation company, have launched and started to enroll patients in a study to determine whether a test, along with clinical interventions, can lead to improved health for newborns and mothers. The primary objective…
Portolia’s Active Aging and Longevity Fund will be closing on January 31, 2021. The fund is focused in two areas: emerging solutions that will improve longevity and vitality, and new technologies and that enhance the aging experience for people over 50, as well those caring for the elderly. Women inform $5-15 Trillion of US spending and are often the leaders when considering options…
Women’s Health USA, a provider of practice management and emerging value-based care services to more than 600 women’s health providers across seven states, announced today that Goran Dragolovic is stepping down as the organization’s CEO to assume a leadership role at Covenant Physician Partners, a KKR portfolio company that provides physician practice and surgery center services. Upon his departure, Sverica Capital Management,…
