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The The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine  has advice for the National Institutes of Health on advancing women's health research — an underfunded and understudied area of study. The NIH-backed report, released today and compiled by the Committee on Assessment of NIH Research on Women’s Health, examined the agency’s funding for women’s health research, program structures, policies and research priorities. "The NIH is underspending on women's health research, which is leading to an underinvestment in filling significant gaps in knowledge about women's health," Alina Salganicoff, committee co-chair and director of the Women’s Health Policy Program at KFF, a health policy think tank, said Thursday. Still, she added: "Increasing funding alone is not enough to make significant progress in women's health, and the current structure of the NIH limits its ability to address the women's health research gap." The report’s recommendations include: — Urge Congress to elevate the Office of Research on Women’s Health to an NIH institute, with a budget of at least $4 billion over its first five years — Appropriate $11.4 billion in congressional funding over five years for interdisciplinary women’s health research — Encourage the NIH director and institute and center directors to prioritize women’s health research and set annual benchmarks for its funding. — Develop a more transparent and data-driven process for setting women’s health research priorities — Promote female investigators and develop new grant programs for projects related to women’s health — Prioritize basic research, including animal studies, as well as clinical population-level research aimed at understanding female-specific health conditions Why it matters: Women have long been underrepresented in all forms of biomedical research, from basic research to population-level studies. Even lab rats are overwhelmingly male. That means many drugs and treatments aren’t developed with women in mind, and some are less effective and safe for women. Women are also more likely to be misdiagnosed or go undiagnosed. Thank you for sharing Randy Horton at Orthogonal #healthequity #womenshealth #healthinnovation

Congratulations to the 2 women's health companies included in the CB Insights Top Digital Health Startups for 2024: Midi Health Pomelo Care Four key themes emerged from this year’s list: 1) AI will become foundational to infrastructure across healthcare.These startups reflect the start of a broader shift for AI from powering point solutions to becoming an essential part of healthcare delivery for patients. 2) Diagnostic innovations continue to dominate. These next-generation diagnostics look to make testing more accessible and non-invasive while prioritizing early detection. 3) Virtual and hybrid care companies are specializing. There is a growing number of specialized platforms in areas including mental health  and cancer care, signaling the shift from general telemedicine toward condition-specific virtual care models. 4)Workflow efficiency emerges as a key priority heading into 2025 from medical document processing to ambient documentation. The surge of automation solutions here signals that healthcare organizations will prioritize efficiency amid staffing shortages to help shift provider time from paperwork to patient care. Let's hope there are more women's health solutions highlighted in 2025!

Apply by December 1st for the 2nd Innovation in Women's Health Pitch Competition in San Francisco Jan 13th, the week of JP Morgan Health. Femovate by Guidea is partnering with Aquillius to support one winning medtech & one winning therapeutic startup advance their vision for women's health. It only takes 30-45 minutes to apply: https://lnkd.in/gzxkbGVk

If you love our Femovate sponsorship, check out Alfa Charlie's Womankind offering. This Sand Diego based brand agency is offering a creative grant for startups and non-profits in women's health. Apply before December 1st for an opportunity to receive a professional, comprehensive brand identity package!

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Surprise! Our founder, Theresa Neil, is speaking at HITLAB's Women's Health Tech Wednesday tomorrow with Nina Joshi. Join us: Wednesday Oct 16, 2024 12:30-1pm EST https://lnkd.in/eN5vquZU #womenshealth #healthequity #digitalhealth

Seed Fund Raise for Hyivy Health (Femovate '22-24) 🎉 Hyivy Health  has raised $2 million in its latest seed funding round (full story in comments) led by Zcube – Zambon Research Venture, which first connected with Rachel during an accelerator program in 2020. Hyivy has also conducted two clinical trials with leading researchers to assess the use of Floora for post-cancer patients and endometriosis patients. CEO and Founder of Hyivy Health Rachel Bartholomew shared: “When I founded Hyivy Health four years ago, I knew I was addressing an unmet need for women with chronic pelvic pain, but I couldn’t have imagined the overwhelmingly positive response from clinical researchers who see a multitude of opportunities in taking advantage of our technology.” The data from Hyivy show promising and exciting results for not just the treatment of pelvic pain, but also potential diagnostic capabilities across the more than 51 conditions associated with pelvic pain that affect up to 1 in 3 women at any stage of life. Feedback has been glowing with one OBGYN stating the system ‘is like nothing I’ve seen across my career.’ An alpha launch is now slated for the US, starting with California, with over 25 clinics already in the pipelines. Congratulations Rachel Bartholomew and Susan Stover! #womenshealth #medtech #femtech #healthinnovation

Nice to see Rachel Bartholomew of Hyivy Health in this article by The Guardian about the disadvantages the women behind femtech are facing including: - a misconception that the market is too niche (it isn't, women are 51% of the population with control of 80% of the healthcare spend) - censorship, not being able to use the medical terms for for women's bodies and conditions (double standard since it is fine to use the words for men's bodies) stymying marketing and education efforts - funding, the UK and US government are now starting to fill in the gaps left by the lack of VC funding, but we need additional sources of funding https://lnkd.in/e3QuQPQb #womenshealthequity #healthinnovation #femtech

Join us this Friday for the Women's Health Tech Challenge with HITLAB, details below. Registration is free and there is a great set of panelists lined up 🎉