Sonder Health and BehaVR have announced a new partnership to offer NurtureVR, a VR-based digital therapeutic to help expectant mothers with stress, anxiety and fear as an additional support tool to users of Sonder Health’s telelactation and telenutrition clinical services. When combined with BehaVR’s NurtureVR program, the Sonder Health telemedicine platform provides moms-to-be and new moms with 24/7/365 support. BehaVR’s partnership with Sonder Health provides…
Field Trip, a leader in the development and delivery of psychedelic therapies, has announced the lead indications for FT-104, its novel psychedelic compound in development, will be Treatment Resistant Depression (TRD) and Postpartum Depression (PPD). Through Field Trip Discovery, its drug development division, Field Trip is developing next-generation psychedelic molecules. Its first molecule in development, FT-104, a prodrug, is a synthetic serotonin-2A…
Women’s health company Tia has reportedly raised a $100M Series B bringing the company’s total funding to $132M. The round was led by Lone Pine Capital with participation from other investors including Threshold, Define Ventures, Torch Capital, ACME, Compound, Combine, The Helm, Human Ventures, Seae Ventures and Gingerbread Capital. The round marks one of the largest Series B investments ever for a…
Best Shot, a fertility medication management and small group therapy platform, and The Fertility Tribe, an online fertility community in the U.S., have announced the launch of Rescripted, a merger between the two brands. The new direct-to-consumer business applies the technology-enabled care platform developed by Best Shot to The Fertility Tribe’s existing community and digital publishing platform, delivering seamless tools and resources…
Canada-based WELL Health Technologies, a company focused on consolidating and modernizing clinical and digital assets within the healthcare sector, has announced plans to acquire a majority stake in Wisp, a U.S.-based e-pharmacy & telehealth startup focused on women’s health, for $41M. It is expected that at the close of the transaction, WELL will own approximately 53% of the issued and outstanding share…
The Prevent Cancer Foundation has released the results of a survey conducted with 2000+ women and people assigned female at birth in the U.S, that shows that women are skipping cancer screenings during the pandemic. 90% of women say when local pandemic restrictions were lifted, they engaged in normal activities, such as visiting family and friends, dining out and shopping, but only 48%…
The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Board of Directors is has announced the appointment of Heidi Collins Fantasia, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC, FNAP, as Editor of AWHONN’s journal ‘Nursing for Women’s Health’ and Tiffany M. Montgomery, PhD, MSHP, RNC-OB, as Associate Editor. “Dr. Fantasia’s strong record of scholarship and mentorship of other nurse scholars, as well as her extensive experience with NWH as an author, peer reviewer, column editor, and…
Babyscripts, the virtual care platform for managing obstetrics has raised $12 million in the first close of its Series B funding. The investment is led by MemorialCare Innovation Fund, a strategic healthcare investment company, and will focus on the roll out of Babyscripts Virtual Maternity Care solution to providers across the US, as well as the development of care models specifically targeted…
