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: 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