Highlights
Japanese fertility biotech startup Dioseve raises $3M to re-engineer oocyte development.
28 raises $3.2M in seed funding for its cycle focused wellness program.
DotLab is granted patents for DotEndo, its non-invasive endometriosis test.
Paris-based Sonio raises €5M to optimize prenatal care and treatment.
Mozilla releases a new report investigating the privacy and security features of reproductive health apps.
Bayer‘s Mirena IUD is now approved for pregnancy prevention for up to 8 years.
Nuvo and Sheba Medical Center partner to evaluate a new virtual care regimen for the management of gestational diabetes.
Maternal health startup Delfina joins the UnitedHealthcare Accelerator.
Questadds Hepatitis C screening to its new maternal health obstetrics panel.
Meditation platform Headspace launches its first dedicated content collection centered around women.
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In the Know
Is It Time to Cancel Menopause? (Neo.Life)
Roe’s Overturn Will Stall Decades of Women’s Health Research (The Daily Beast)
We need to break the taboo around male fertility (Economist)
Negative Medical Language Is Having a Direct Impact on Women’s Health Services (Popsugar)
Gender Disparities in CEO Takedowns (Forbes)
Companies Are Cutting Back on Maternity and Paternity Leave (The Wall Street Journal)
Lengthening a woman’s fertility may extend her life as well, research finds (CNN)
Medical error: An epidemic compounded by gag laws (STAT)
Why a Life Threatening Pregnancy Complication Is on the Rise (New Yorker)
Doing the math on the emotional and financial burden of menopause (MIT Sloan Blog)
Who’s Hiring?
BuySellAds is looking for an Account Executive, Women’s Lifestyle (Remote).
Elektra Health is hiring a Lead Engineer.
Elvie is looking for a Legal Counsel – Commercial (Operations).
Alpha Medical is hiring an Enterprise Sales Manager.
Visit the Femtech Insider Job Board to see more roles or to add your own!
