🔗 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝘁𝘀 · 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟯𝟱
🔗 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝘁𝘀 · 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟯𝟱
Evidence was not the constraint this week. Money was.
𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀
🩺 𝗡𝗛𝗦 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲
Nearly 4 million women in England who missed screening invitations will be posted a self-test HPV kit. →england.nhs.uk/2026/08/nhs-rolls-out-discreet-home-testing-kits-against-cervical-cancer-for-millions-of-women/
📉 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀
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. →biopharmadive.com/news/womens-health-startups-venture-investment-svb-report/828632/
🧊 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀 $𝟯𝟬𝗺
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. →femtechinsider.com/channel-medsystems-secures-30m-to-expand-non-hormonal-treatment-for-heavy-periods/
🛒 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝘆𝘀 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝘃𝘂𝗲'𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗹 𝗳𝗲𝗺𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗺
Period care consolidates again, at $284m, in the world's fourth largest feminine care market. →femtechinsider.com/essity-to-acquire-kenvues-brazil-feminine-care-portfolio-for-284m/
🧬 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝘅 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹
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%. →nature.com/articles/s41514-026-00485-4
🧠𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝗽
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.
🏆𝗢𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸
US Open Tennis | 23 August – 13 September: The final Grand Slam of the tennis season gets underway in New York.
→womeninsport.org/news/summer-of-womens-sport-2026-calendar-dates-times-and-where-to-watch/
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Moritz Wessely - Leaning Into Complexity: How Ravān Personalises at Scale
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