The consumerization of healthcare is well on the way as the recent rise in popularity of digital health has more and more patients looking for more convenience and an overall better care experience when accessing healthcare services. European VC Heal Capital has built a thesis based on this trend and backs mission-driven, category-defining healthtech companies. At the core of Heal Capital’s thesis…
Throughout history women have been considered ‘aberrations’ from the norm, rather than a crucial and vital part of the population to be included in medical trials and long-term studies. This has resulted in missing data sets and a lack of understanding, diagnosis and treatment of many gynecological conditions, as well as unwanted pharmaceutical side effects for non-gynecological diseases, delays in care, underdiagnoses…
In 2021 the team behind Women’s Health Innovation Summit is organizing a series of events leading up to its signature event in the fall. The second event in this series, the Women 40+ Innovation Summit will take place virtually on June 22 & 23. Whilst there has been an improved focus on Women’s Health and Femtech Innovations, the industry has yet to extend its innovative arm…
Women’s health today is under-served from innovation and clinical science standpoints with outdated practices and lack of much-needed attention from key players including investors and insurers. It is imperative to develop the eco-system, shift mindsets and embrace a holistic, women-centered approach. Today’s Fertility Innovation Summit is the second installment of Women’s Health Innovation Summit’s Women’s Health Innovation Series, which runs throughout 2021. Reproductive-health-supporting technologies and research advances…
About a year ago FemTech Focus launched their signature podcast and has since released 100 episodes portraying leaders from all across the women’s health innovation ecosystem. Guests have included founders, investors, researchers and many others who are united in their determination to make a difference in women’s health. To celebrate the 100th episode FemTech Focus is now organizing FemTech Summit, a 2-day…
In 2021 the team behind Women’s Health Innovation Summit is organizing a series of events leading up to its signature event in the fall. The second event in this series, the Fertility Innovation Summit will take place virtually on April 20, 2021. Women’s health today is under-served from innovation and clinical science standpoints with outdated practices and lack of much-needed attention from key players (incl.…
Elvie, the female-led FemTech innovator of the world’s first silent wearable breast pump, will host “Glass Ceiling Day,” a virtual event to inspire conversation and awareness around the critical issues impacting women across the world today. The event, in collaboration with HeyMama, the social platform for working mothers, will take place on February 23 and feature discussion between distinguished women’s advocates Tania Boler,…
FemTech Collective is starting into this new year with lots of new energy and new projects and has recently announced a new event series: The FemTech Innovation Summit. The first event in the series is taking place on March 5, just before International Women’s Day, and celebrates gender equality while equipping participants with practical takeaways to progress their professional skillsets in the…
