Menstrual & gynaecological health

Precisio Biotix Therapeutics has secured Gates Foundation funding to advance an experimental bacterial vaginosis treatment through preclinical development. The US biotechnology company is developing a targeted antimicrobial designed to eliminate bacteria associated with bacterial vaginosis (BV), including antibiotic-resistant strains, while preserving beneficial vaginal bacteria. The funding will support further development of engineered lysins, proteins designed [...]

By Ruby Raut, founder and CEO of WUKA In nine years of running WUKA, I've heard thousands of period horror stories. The jumper tied round the waist in June. The leak in PE. The sleepover where you woke up and wanted the mattress to swallow you whole. When women tell me these stories, they almost [...]

An Australian trial will test whether yoga and walking can ease endometriosis pain, with more than 350 women already registering interest. The study will involve women aged 18 and over with medically diagnosed endometriosis who live in regional, rural and remote Australia. Participants will be randomly assigned to four groups: usual care, yoga alone, yoga [...]

Unravel Health has raised €2.96m to develop a home hormone device designed to measure multiple hormones from a saliva sample in minutes. The London-based women’s health startup is developing the Micro Lab, a palm-sized device intended to allow women to monitor their hormone levels daily without laboratory visits. It is being designed to measure oestradiol, [...]

Allara has raised US$30m to develop AI tools, expand access to women’s healthcare and fund research, bringing its total funding to US$75m. The US virtual healthcare company provides integrated care for hormonal, metabolic and reproductive conditions. In a survey of more than 1,600 women joining Allara, 58 per cent had already consulted at least two [...]

Google has partnered with Flo Health to integrate menstrual health data into Google Health and develop future women’s health wearables. Flo users will be able to sync their cycle data with the Google Health app from early next year. The companies also plan to develop hardware combining Flo’s women’s health insights and algorithms with Google’s [...]

Clue has launched an in-app healthcare access service connecting users with providers across several areas of women’s health. The period and cycle tracking app said Get Care is designed to help users move from tracking their health to accessing treatment and support. The service covers contraception, conception, metabolic and mental health, perimenopause and at-home testing [...]

Researchers in Australia have identified two contributors to recurrent bacterial vaginosis (BV) infections, a common sexual health condition that affects about a quarter of women around the world. Recurrent BV may result from the condition persisting after antibiotics or from reinfection by a sexual partner, researchers found. BV, occurs when the balance of naturally occurring [...]

A Newcastle physiotherapist has secured £75,000 in Innovate UK funding to develop a pelvic health app, aimed at making pelvic floor support more accessible.

A £2.3 million UK-wide study will trial a tailored pain management programme for women with endometriosis whose symptoms persist after surgery or medication.