WHW Weekly Scoop #72
💰 Hologic Acquired by Blackstone and TPG for up to $18.3B
Hologic will go private in one of the year’s biggest healthcare deals.
“With their resources, expertise and commitment to women's health, Blackstone and TPG will help accelerate our growth and enhance our ability to deliver critical medical technologies.”
— Stephen P. MacMillan, Chairman, President & CEO, Hologic
💊 SheMed Raises $50M to Scale Women’s GLP-1 Platform
60,000+ members in year one, now expanding and launching the first female-focused GLP-1 clinical study.
“We built SheMed to give women the personalised support I struggled to find: care that listens, understands and empowers.”
— Olivia Ferro, Co-Founder & CEO, SheMed
🔬 Tubulis Secures Record €308M Series C for Cancer ADC Platform
Europe’s largest Series C will fund ovarian and lung cancer trials.
🏛️ White House & EMD Serono announces IVF drug discount and employer benefit pathway
Trump administration unveils an 84% discount on IVF drugs and new guidance for employers to offer standalone IVF benefits.
⌚ Adaptyx Raises $14M Seed for Wearable Molecular Monitoring
A multi-analyte biosensor platform unlocking real-time hormone and biomarker tracking.
🤖 Hertility launches AI-driven diagnostic to reduce time to reproductive diagnosis
New tool set to cut diagnostic timelines from 12 years to just 30 minutes for underserved conditions like PCOS and endometriosis.
🧬 Cyclana Bio Raises £5M for Endometriosis Drug Discovery
Using AI and functional disease models to close the gender data gap.
“Our mission is not just to close the gender health gap but propel women to the forefront of drug discovery.”
— Dr. Léa Wenger, CEO & Co-Founder, Cyclana Bio
🤝 Kimberly-Clark Commits $28.7M to Reach 24 Million Women & Girls
Global partnerships will expand access to menstrual and maternal health across seven countries.
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