MedCity News June 6, 2024
Mother’s Milk Is Best has a medical device that increases the ability to use a mother’s milk or a donor’s milk versus other fortification processes. Last month, judges selected the company as the winner of the consumer/employer track of MedCity News’ INVEST Pitch Perfect contest.
About one in 10 babies in the U.S. are born preterm. And because they have immature organs, they cannot process large volumes of milk. This requires milk to be fortified, often done with cow’s milk, so preterm babies can have nutrient-rich feedings in low volumes. But when Beth Schinkel, co-founder and CEO of Mother’s Milk Is Best, was working in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), she saw first-hand the effect cow’s milk had on...
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