Tag Archive for: Women’s health

Hot topic: The misunderstood health condition affecting millions of women

What debilitating condition affects 1.5 million women in the UK, and yet takes almost nine years on average to be diagnosed?  A condition that – despite the numbers it affects – is so poorly recognised that it is often mistaken for something else, or written off as unimportant?  That results in pain so bad it […]

Optimum celebrates the International Day of Women & Girls in Science 2025

For this year’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Optimum is celebrating the amazing women we work with by asking them to nominate their favourite scientific advancement or innovation. The answers are broad and varying and make for an uplifting read – learn what inspired the amazing women we work with to pursue […]

Women’s Health Company Freya Biosciences Announces Key $10.4 Million Strategic Investment

Strategic investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with additional investment from EIFO brings the total to $11.8 million The new investment extends Series A investment to about $50 million Funds will be used to expand Freya’s DYSCOVERTM platform to identify and develop microbial immunotherapies to treat bacterial vaginosis and prevent pre-term birth COPENHAGEN, Denmark and BOSTON, Nov. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Freya […]

BII & Science launch the Translational Medicine Prize for Innovations in Women´s Health and Gender Medicine

BioInnovation Institute (BII), an international non-profit foundation, incubating and accelerating world-class life science research, today announces the launch of the BII & Science Translational Medicine Prize for Innovations in Women´s Health and Gender Medicine. This follows the successful BII & Science Prize for Innovation – which is now in its third year and recognizes and celebrates bold researchers internationally […]

BII welcomes twelve new companies to its Venture Lab program

BioInnovation Institute (BII), an international non-profit foundation incubating and accelerating world-class life science research, today announces that twelve new companies have entered its Venture Lab acceleration program for early-stage companies. The cohort is strategically aligned with BII’s focus on supporting innovative early-stage start-ups that can improve human and planetary health. Read more…