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Hello and thanks for reading Edition #166 of the
Weekly Femtech Insider Newsletter today!

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This Week's Highlights

"While menopause is increasingly in the news and workplaces are being asked to do more, there are no new products that make treatment fundamentally better. The Alva acquisition allows us to rule out alternative conditions, diagnose their stage of menopause and, when appropriate, recommend the appropriate HRT for their specific symptoms." Dr. Rebecca Love, Vira Health Co-founder (Picture with Co-founder Andrea Berchowitz. Copyright: Vira Health)

Vira Health acquires fellow UK-based menopause startup Alva.

WellTheory launches with $7.2M in seed funding and a goal to reverse the autoimmune epidemic.

VCs For Repro: 100+ VC firms take a stand on reproductive rights ahead of the midterm elections in the U.S.

Sextech founder Glenise Kinard-Moore is awarded Second Place at this year's Black Ambition Prize.

Mirvie's first 'Future of Pregancy Health' report reveals what new or expecting moms want from pregnancy care.

Intimate wellness brand Nessa Organics rebrands as Naydaya to go beyond being a postpartum care specialist.

Inception Fertility partners with Gameto, Oura, OTO & Alife Health on new research to advance reprodutive medicine.

Bayer receives a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advance research in non-hormonal contraception.
 


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In the Know


Let's Talk Menopause! (Femtech Insider)

Women's health dominates midterm talk (Axios)

Women in venture capital are writing the rules of maternity leave and bending the male-centric culture to their will (Business Insider)

Bloomi's Rebecca Alvarez: It's Hard to Be the First (The Cut)

Is cycle syncing wellness' next frontier? (Glossy)

Our needs for healthcare while traveling (Medium / Nina Capital)

Does the peer review process need blockchain? (Neo.Life)

I write about Post-Roe America Every Day. It's Worse Thank You Think. (The New York Times)

Beauty industry must avoid 'menowashing', warn experts (Cosmetic Design Europe)

The Unintended Consequences of Apple's Fertility Tech (Wired)
 


Who's Hiring? 


Maven is looking for a Vice President, Clinical Innovation.

AIVF is hiring a Marketing Communications Manager.

Tiny Health is looking for a Full-Stack Software Engineer.

Vira Health is hiring a User Researcher.

wmnHealth is looking for a Senior Director of Application Development.

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