MobiHealth News August 4, 2020
A majority of femtech funding goes towards fertility, pregnancy or motherhood, leaving many other women’s health areas underserved, according to Rock Health.
Despite femtech’s recent growth in the digital health sector, only 3% of the digital health deals in the U.S. since 2011 have focused on women’s health, according to a new report from Rock Health.
Of that percentage, a majority of the funding has gone to companies targeting fertility, pregnancy or motherhood. Rock Health says that 65% of all femtech funding has gone to these areas, while less than 45% of the female population in the U.S. is of reproductive age. Furthermore, only 10% of women struggle to get or stay pregnant, according to the report.
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