Canadian life sciences company PacBio has announced the launch of the HiFi Solves Sub-fertility Consortium, a collaboration between five leading medical centers across the Asia-Pacific region. The consortium, spearheaded by KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) in Singapore, aims to utilize PacBio HiFi long-read sequencing technology to enhance the diagnosis and treatment of subfertility and recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL). The initiative is…
Carrot Fertility, a leading company in fertility and family-building care, has launched CarrotMatch for maternity, a new pregnancy navigation system designed to connect members with the best pregnancy providers for their specific needs. The tool leverages a unique dataset that evaluates providers across more than 200 metrics, ensuring that members are matched with the highest quality and most cost-effective care available. CarrotMatch…
Tennis legend Maria Sharapova has joined Cofertility as their newest investor, bringing her influence and financial backing to the startup. Cofertility aims to make egg freezing more accessible and affordable by linking it with egg donation, offering women the opportunity to freeze their eggs for free when they donate half to intended parents who are unable to conceive. Sharapova, who retired from…
Fresenius Kabi has launched a new generic version of Cetrorelix Acetate for Injection, a medication used in reproductive health treatments, expanding its portfolio of women’s health products. The new option, which is available immediately, offers a cost-effective alternative for women undergoing fertility treatments. The injection kit includes one single-dose vial (0.25 mg cetrorelix), a pre-filled syringe with sterile water for injection, and…
Aetna, a CVS Health company, is now the first major insurer in the US to include intrauterine insemination (IUI) as a covered medical benefit for all eligible plans. This new coverage will be available beginning September 1, 2024, and aims to increase access to fertility services for a broader range of individuals, regardless of sexual orientation or partner status. Previously, coverage for…
The following guest post was written by Sylvia Kang, CEO of Mira. A biomedical engineer with passion for entrepreunership, Sylvia founded Mira to help women and people with ovaries take control over their hormonal health and fertility journeys. Women’s health is a tricky landscape to navigate. Did you know that – despite living longer than men on average – women spend a startling…
Alife Health, a fertility technology company focused on modernizing in vitro fertilization (IVF) through AI, has revealed promising findings from a study that explores the role of artificial intelligence in optimizing ovarian stimulation during IVF treatment. The study, titled “Optimizing Oocyte Yield Utilizing a Machine Learning Model for Dose and Trigger Decisions: A Multi-Center, Prospective Study,” was conducted by a team of…
Toronto-based startup Fibra has closed its oversubscribed pre-seed funding round, raising $1.25 million USD ($1.7 million CAD). The funding will be used to accelerate the development of Fibra’s smart underwear technology designed to ease reproductive health monitoring for women. The round saw participation from Canadian and U.S.-based venture capital firms, reflecting growing investor confidence in innovations focused on women’s health. “We are…
