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Audax Private Equity Sells Axia Women’s Health to Partners Group

Audax has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell Axia Women’s Health to Partners Group on behalf of its clients. Axia Women’s Health is a women’s healthcare provider in the U.S. The Company is headquartered in Voorhees, New Jersey, and provides a highly integrated platform of non-clinical business and administrative support services such as accounting, HR, insurance, IT, and…

Bossa Bars Launches a New Menopause Energy Bar and Community to Empower Women in Their Midlife Prime

Bossa Bars, plant-based bars created with menopausal female’s health in mind, has just launched with a bold new energy bar (and community) into the explosively growing $600 billion-dollar Menopausal market. The female-founded, mission-based company, is focused on empowering women in perimenopause through post-menopause, to help support daily nutritional needs and provide a community of sister-hood with real and positive information about this…

Twentyeight Health Announces U.S. Expansion to Increase Birth Control Access for Underserved Communities

Twentyeight Health, a telehealth company increasing access to sexual and reproductive healthcare for women from underserved communities, today announced that it is continuing its national expansion with launches across seven states — Alabama, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Nebraska, Tennessee, and Virginia. Twentyeight Health is now available to women across 20 states, serving over 70% of U.S. women of reproductive age.  “Telehealth had a…

Medical Device Company INVO Bioscience Appoints Meryle Lynn Chamberlain to Lead Marketing for INVOcell, its Infertility Solution

INVO Bioscience, a medical device company focused on commercializing the world’s only in vivo Intravaginal Culture System (IVC), INVOcell, an effective and affordable treatment for patients diagnosed with infertility, is pleased to announce the appointment of tenured women’s health & fertility solution marketing professional, Meryle Lynn Chamberlain, as Director of Marketing, a newly created position within the company. Chamberlain brings over 15 years of…

MDVIP & Ipsos Release New Study on Women’s Health Literacy Drawing Attention to Gaps in Women’s Health Knowledge and Healthcare Experiences

Although women make the lion’s share of healthcare decisions in the U.S., most are in the dark when it comes to their own health, according to a new survey on women’s health from MDVIP and Ipsos. A staggering 94 percent of women across all ages 20 and up failed a Women’s Health IQ Quiz, revealing their vast lack of knowledge about the health…

Orchyd Launches a New Period Tracker and Bluetooth-Enabled Smart Wallet

Orchyd is launching a new period-tracking app and Bluetooth-enabled connected smart wallet that together that stores a one-day supply of period care products. The company was founded by sisters Courtney and Morgan King. “We set out to build a better menstrual experience by combining an advanced health app, wellness tracker, geo-location technology, and access to an affordable OB/GYN that is open to everyone, anywhere,” said Morgan…

Event: Women 40+ Innovation Summit

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…

Alife Health raises a $9M Seed Round to Improve IVF Outcomes

1 in 8 families now struggle with infertility. Studies show that the average healthy couple has a 20 percent natural fertility rate per cycle, and miscarriages in women are increasing by about 1 percent each year. Additionally, Black and Latinx women are less likely to access fertility care and have a successful IVF pregnancy. As fertility continues to be in crisis, new artificial…