Evvy, a female-founded startup on a mission to close the gender health gap has introduced the members of its new advisory board today. For women and people with vaginas, Evvy’s vaginal microbiome test decodes what’s up down there, why it matters, and what they can do about it. Simultaneously, Evvy is discovering how new biomarkers can be leveraged to predict risk, diagnose,…
Delphinus has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted premarket approval (PMA) of its SoftVue 3D Whole Breast Ultrasound Tomography System for use as an adjunct to digital mammography in the screening of asymptomatic women with dense breast tissue. Clinical evidence has demonstrated that SoftVue enhances dense breast screening and identifies up to 20% more cancers with greater accuracy…
Fertility care and research center CCRM Fertility Colorado is partnering with TMRW Life Sciences to introduce automated technology to its specimen management and cryostorage practices. TMRW has created the an automated platform for the management, identification and care of frozen eggs and embryos used for in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment, a process run manually for decades in fertility clinics worldwide. “At CCRM, we are committed to…
Period product company Aisle has been selected as the 2021 recipient of the $100,000 Social EnterPrize, a biennial award that was created by the Trico Charitable Foundation in 2011 to celebrate excellence in social entrepreneurship in Canada. Redefining the period aisle for the 21st century is the mission of this innovative social venture. Co-Founders Madeleine Shaw and Suzanne Siemens are creating period products for every body while at the…
Women’s health company Hologic has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Bolder Surgical, a privately held company that provides advanced energy vessel sealing surgical devices, for approximately $160 million, subject to working capital and other customary closing adjustments. “This acquisition will broaden our growing Surgical portfolio by adding Bolder’s differentiated advanced vessel sealing and dissection tools that are used in laparoscopic procedures,”…
Brilliantly and Mammogen, two female-led women’s health companies centered around breakthrough technologies designed to solve unmet clinical needs associated with breast cancer, have announce a new partnership with the goal to improve quality of care for the breast cancer community, both inside and outside of the physician’s office. The collaboration, which will equip breast cancer previvors and survivors with the tools they…
Equip, a leading provider of virtual, evidence-based eating disorder treatment in the U.S., today announced the expansion of its services into four major markets – Colorado, Florida, Georgia, and Illinois. With this growth, Equip is now able to serve half the country – over 160 million patients and their families – through Family-Based Treatment (FBT) delivered at home for lasting recovery. “We’ve long known how widespread…
Today, October 15, is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day and although miscarriage, stillbirth, SIDS, ectopic pregnancy or newborn death are rather common, there is still a lot of stigma attached to pregnancy loss. For centuries social and cultural norms have led to a tabooisation of the experience and many parents having to come to terms with loss without any support. In…
