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
American Heart Association launches $75M fund to transform women’s heart and brain health.
Root Functional Medicine launches direct lab testing platform following $4M seed round.
Abbvie to acquire Aliada Therapeutics for $1.4B, expanding Alzheimer’s pipeline.
Organon completes $1.2B Dermavant acquisition as FDA decision on atopic dermatitis indication nears.
Oura expands women’s health features with fertile window tracking.
Elvie introduces next generation breast pump with Stride 2.
Rallybio to begin first clinical trial for prevention of rare pregnancy blood disorder.
Extend Fertility reports high success rates in 8-year egg freezing study.
ARPA-H announces $110M in women’s health research grants.
In the Know
When Low Attendance Reveals a Bigger Story: Autoimmune Disease and Women’s Health (Femtech Insider)
‘Redwave’ Sartirical Period Tracker Takes Aim at Reproductive Rights Debate (Femtech Insider)
‘The million dollar question in this election’: Women’s health startups are confronting a shifting legal landscape (Business Insider)
What Do Societal Beauty Standards have to Do with Breast Cancer? (Scientific American)
Global inequities in maternal health risks across a woman’s life (University of Oxford)
Fertility rate in England and Wales drops to new low (BBC)
Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health: Current Status and Efforts to Address Them (KFF)
Who’s Hiring?
Below are some jobs we’ve curated for the women’s health innovation community this week.
Hey Jane is hiring a Freelance Webflow Developer.
Sondermind is looking for a Mental Health Therapist.
Bayer is hiring a Senior Medical Science Liaison – Women’s Healthcare.
Pomelo Care is looking for an Outreach & Engagement Manager.
The Women’s Hospital of Texas is hiring a Medical Technologist.
Twentyeight Health is looking for a Director – Enterprise Growth.
Seven Starling is looking for an Executive Assistant to the CEO.
Flo Health is looking for a Privacy Counsel.
Johns Hopkins Medicine is looking for a Mammography Technologist.
Christus Health is hiring a Physician – Gynecology.
To view more roles or add your own, visit our job board.
