Every Thursday we send out a curated newsletter on all things femtech and women’s health innovation. This is an excerpt from the latest edition. If you’d like to subscribe, you can do so at the bottom of this page.
Highlights
Bloomlife secures $12.2M in Series A funding to advance its remote maternal care platform.
Hello Inside raises €1.65M to advance metabolic health for women using CGM data.
Indian hormonal health startup Laiqa Wellness raises $1.78M in seed funding.
Abbvie Foundation and MATTER launch a new health equity accelerator to support U.S. nonprofits.
Femasys receives FDA clearance for FemChec, its diagnostic tool for fallopian tube evaluation.
Carrot Fertility launches CarrotMatch, a new maternity navigation system.
CooperSurgical launches a new inserter for its Paraguard IUD.
Medscape Education launches new Innovations in Women’s Health Coalition.
Midi Health partners with Mount Sinai Health System to enhance menopause care in New York City.
Owlet expands the availability of its medically-certified infant health monitoring sock across Europe.
In the Know
How Radiant Health Partners Is Reimagining Women’s Health Through an Innovative Capital Structure (Femtech Insider)
Why your next trip to the gyno might be different: There’s an alternative to Pap smears (CNN)
A new study has linked traffic noise and pollution to infertility – but the effects differed for men and women (The Conversation)
Yale Settles with Patients Who Sued Over Painful Egg Retrievals (New York Times)
AI threatens to cement racial bias in clinical algorithms. Could it also chart a path forward? (STAT News)
Women will soon be notified about their breast density after a mammogram. Here’s what that means (CNN)
Women face bias and disparities in healthcare. Digital tools could help meet their needs. (Business Insider)
Teen girl brains aged rapidly during pandemic, study finds (New York Times)
Who’s Hiring?
Below are some jobs we’ve curated for the women’s health innovation community this week.
Novant Health is looking for a Registered Nurse – Women’s Care.
Boston IVF is looking for a Medical Assistant/Phlebotomist.
Peppy is hiring a Head of People.
ChristianaCare is hiring a Vice President Patient Care Services – Women’s and Children’s.
Maven Clinic is looking for a VP, Client Success.
Christus Health is hiring a Clinical Manager, Women’s Services.
Comp Health is hiring a Physician Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.
Bayer is looking for a Senior Medical Science Liaison – Women’s Healthcare.
To view more roles or add your own, visit our job board.
