10 Outstanding Companies for Women ’s Health
The women’s health technology or so-called femtech
market has been on the rise for the last couple of years, but it has mainly
revolved around fertility and pregnancy. We believe that female health topics reach
far beyond such traditional issues and players should concentrate more on
menopause, endometriosis, or mental health, just to name a few areas. Thus, we
tried to collect companies which are on top of their game in the conventional
fertility and/or pregnancy area, but also start-ups and ventures who are
looking way beyond that. Here’s our guide to 10 outstanding companies in
women’s health.
The women’s health market is burgeoning
We’ve come a long way in the last couple of years from
women’s health issues considered as taboos – women growing up in the 1980s or
1990s could surely relate to obsessively checking the back of their trousers
for any sign of their periods coming too early and feeling embarrassed by the
idea of anyone else knowing about it – to being openly talked about and even
facilitated by digital health technologies. Two New York City high school girls even developed a
video game called “Tampon Run” – the heroine’s mission is “to rid the world of the
menstrual taboo.”
As technology companies slowly recognized that the
area is far from being a niche market, and women started to increasingly use
digital health or better say, “femtech” products for female well-being, the
culture around women’s health issues start...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Business Future of Medicine Health Sensors & Trackers Telemedicine & Smartphones companies company digital digital health digital health technologies femtech health technology Innovation market women women's health Source Type: blogs
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