๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ ยท ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ฏ๐ฑ
๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ ยท ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ฏ๐ฑ
Evidence was not the constraint this week. Money was.
๐๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐จ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐
๐ฉบ ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ
Nearly 4 million women in England who missed screening invitations will be posted a self-test HPV kit. โengland.nhs.uk/2026/08/nhs-rolls-out-discreet-home-testing-kits-against-cervical-cancer-for-millions-of-women/
๐ ๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป'๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐น๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐
Venture funding fell from $3.2bn in 2024 to around $2bn in 2025, and the sector's share of healthcare deals fell from 7.4% to 5.7%, per SVB. Biopharma fell hardest, to $610m. โbiopharmadive.com/news/womens-health-startups-venture-investment-svb-report/828632/
๐ง ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐น ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ $๐ฏ๐ฌ๐บ
A Series C led by InnovaHealth Partners scales Cerene, a non-hormonal cryotherapy for heavy periods. In the trial, 90% of patients reported light, normal or no periods. โfemtechinsider.com/channel-medsystems-secures-30m-to-expand-non-hormonal-treatment-for-heavy-periods/
๐ ๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ'๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐น ๐ณ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ
Period care consolidates again, at $284m, in the world's fourth largest feminine care market. โfemtechinsider.com/essity-to-acquire-kenvues-brazil-feminine-care-portfolio-for-284m/
๐งฌ ๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ธ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น
Across 236,099 UK Biobank participants, women had higher risk of accelerated ageing, yet the modelled preventable share was far larger in men, 16.8% against 5.0%. โnature.com/articles/s41514-026-00485-4
๐ง ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐น๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ
None of these stories lacks evidence. What separates them is where capital and commissioning decisions land: a screening programme funded to reach women who never came, a period brand sold for $284m, a proven device needing $30m to get near a clinic, and a sector losing venture share regardless.
Women's health is no longer only a knowledge gap. It is an allocation gap, and allocation is decided in investment committees, boards and commissioning rooms where women are outnumbered. Closing it is a leadership question before a clinical one.
๐๐ข๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ
US Open Tennis | 23 August โ 13 September: The final Grand Slam of the tennis season gets underway in New York.
โwomeninsport.org/news/summer-of-womens-sport-2026-calendar-dates-times-and-where-to-watch/
๐๏ธ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐
Moritz Wessely - Leaning Into Complexity: How Ravฤn Personalises at Scale
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