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YourChoice Therapeutics is developing unisex, non-hormonal birth control
The latest Y Combinator-backed startup is targeting the $36 billion contraceptive market.
View More YourChoice Therapeutics is developing unisex, non-hormonal birth controlIt’s a new era for fertility tech
We explored venture capitalists’ latest bets on fertility and contraception tech, including Modern Fertility, Extend Fertility, Natural Cycles, Nurx, Clue and more.
View More It’s a new era for fertility techTrump’s victory linked to spike in women getting long-term birth control
You might remember reports of women rushing to get long-lasting, reversible birth control in the wake of Donald Trump’s election, fearful that his administration would restrict access and coverage for contraception by targeting Planned Parenthood or …
View More Trump’s victory linked to spike in women getting long-term birth controlThe Pill Club raises $51M as VCs find new opportunities in women’s health
VMG Partners has led the $51 million round, with participation from new investors GV and ACME Capital (fka Sherpa Capital).
View More The Pill Club raises $51M as VCs find new opportunities in women’s healthElectronics giant Philips invests in monitoring and information platform for expecting mothers
The international electronics and medical device giant Philips is pushing further into pregnancy and childcare services by leading a $6 million early stage investment in the pregnancy-focused app-developer and device manufacturer, Babyscripts. The Washington, DC-based company works with hospitals and healthcare providers to distribute a medical device and mobile app for monitoring blood pressure and providing […]
View More Electronics giant Philips invests in monitoring and information platform for expecting mothersBirth control delivery startup Nurx now offers an at-home HPV testing kit
Kleiner Perkins-backed Nurx provides birth control, emergency contraception, the HIV prevention medication PrEP and an at-home HPV testing kit.
View More Birth control delivery startup Nurx now offers an at-home HPV testing kitNatural Cycles contraception app told to clarify pregnancy risks
A multi-month investigation by Sweden’s Medical Products Agency into a number of unwanted pregnancies among users of ‘digital contraception’ app Natural Cycles has been closed after the startup agreed to clarify the risk of the product failing. But, on the self-reported data front, the agency said it was satisfied the number of unwanted pregnancies is in line […]
View More Natural Cycles contraception app told to clarify pregnancy risksContraception app Natural Cycles’ Facebook ad banned for being misleading
Natural Cycles, a Swedish startup which touts its body temperature-based algorithmic method for tracking individual fertility as an effective alternative to hormonal birth control, has been wrapped by the UK advertising regulator which today upheld three complaints that an advert the company ran last year via Facebook’s platform was misleading. The regulator has banned Natural […]
View More Contraception app Natural Cycles’ Facebook ad banned for being misleadingThe FDA OK’d an app as a form of birth control
Don’t want to get pregnant? There’s a Food and Drug Administration approved app for that. The FDA has just given the go ahead for Swedish app Natural Cycles to market itself as a form of birth control in the U.S. Natural Cycles was already in use as a way to prevent pregnancy in certain European […]
View More The FDA OK’d an app as a form of birth controlNurx raises $36 million and adds Chelsea Clinton to its board of directors
Telemedicine startup Nurx recently closed a $36 million funding round led by Kleiner Perkins. As part of the investment, Kleiner Perkins General Partner Noah Knauf is joining the startup’s board of directors, along with and Chelsea Clinton . With this new funding, CEO and co-founder Hans Gangeskar told TechCrunch that the startup plans to scale its […]
View More Nurx raises $36 million and adds Chelsea Clinton to its board of directorsClinic reports Natural Cycles app for 37 unwanted pregnancies since September
Swedish startup Natural Cycles, which offers an app-based product which it bills as a ‘digital contraceptive’, has been reported to Sweden’s Medical Products Agency (MPA) by a local hospital after it recorded 37 unwanted pregnancies among women who said they had been using the app as their contraception method. Read More