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Innovation and Investment

Innovation and Investment

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  • Highlighting the fastest-growing global markets in women’s health and explore the regional drivers of demand, from shifting demographics to evolving healthcare policies.
  • Discussing strategies for scaling women’s health solutions internationally, including navigating regulatory landscapes, reimbursement pathways, and local partnerships.
  • Identifying untapped opportunities and investment trends shaping the next wave of innovation across fertility, menopause, maternal health, and beyond.
Innovation and Investment

Author:

Navneet Kaur

Founder
FemTech India
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Navneet Kaur

Founder
FemTech India
  • How phones evolved into a platform for telehealth and the landscape of innovations.
  •  Examples of AI-driven screenings, wearable integration, and remote monitoring.
  • The impact on underserved communities, women’s health, rural access, global health and addressing digital divide challenges.
Digital Health
Med Device
Drug Development
Innovation and Investment

Author:

Shawna Slack

Chief Strategy Officer
Monere
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Shawna Slack

Chief Strategy Officer
Monere
  • Learn the importance of aligning FDA, reimbursement, and contracting strategies to accelerate time-to-market and maximize revenue opportunities.
  • Hear insider tips to help you navigate risks, close deals faster, and scale with confidence
  • Find out how laying the right legal and regulatory foundation can fuel investment, open the door to payer contracts, and unlock high-value partnership.
Innovation and Investment

Author:

Carrie Nixon

Founder & CEO
Nixon Law Group
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Carrie Nixon

Founder & CEO
Nixon Law Group

Author:

Anish Sebastian

CEO
Babyscripts
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Anish Sebastian

CEO
Babyscripts
  • Concrete guidance on accessing non-dilutive and dilutive funding - what’s available, what’s working, and how to get it.
  • Strategies for founders and funders to navigate uncertainty and build investable, scalable ventures in women's health.
  • How women, as both innovators and investors, are transforming the funding ecosystem - and how to leverage that shift now.
Digital Health
Innovation and Investment

Author:

Lisa Marceau

CEO
Joyuus
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Lisa Marceau

CEO
Joyuus
  • Demystifying product-market fit in the context of digital health, where clinical need, usability, and reimbursement must align.
  • Identifying key indicators—user adoption, engagement, and outcomes—that show readiness to scale.
  • Strategies for translating validated need into scalable, sustainable digital health solutions.
Innovation and Investment
  • How to mitigate inappropriate drug use and dosing risk, leveraging mechanisms like Pre-Approval Information Exchange (PIE) and PDUFA timelines to shape understanding of indication, value, and safety.
  • How to engage payers as early as phase 2 to build trust and tailor future value-based contracts, launching with outcomes-driven frameworks to support access and reimbursement.
Innovation and Investment
Healthcare Costs and Outcomes

Author:

Jim Kenney

Founder – JTKENNEY
Former Manager, Specialty and Pharmacy Contracts - Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
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Jim Kenney

Founder – JTKENNEY
Former Manager, Specialty and Pharmacy Contracts - Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
  • How payers can apply AI and predictive analytics to optimize cost structures in women’s healthcare.
  • The role of structured and unstructured data in improving patient outcomes and reducing financial barriers.
  • Actionable insights for startups: what data to prioritize and how to maximize its value when working with payers and providers.

 

Healthcare Costs and Outcomes
Innovation and Investment

Author:

Angela Rastegar

CEO
Sunfish
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Angela Rastegar

CEO
Sunfish

Author:

Bilikis Oladimeji

Senior Vice President, Clinical Programs
Progyny
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Bilikis Oladimeji

Senior Vice President, Clinical Programs
Progyny
  • How remote monitoring and wearables are improving maternal outcomes through data-backed decision making.
  • Addressing the “fourth trimester” with digital tools and at home care.
  • Investment, commercialization, and coverage strategies for maternal health technology.
Maternal Health
Innovation and Investment

Author:

Asima Ahmad

Chief Medical Officer
Carrot Fertility
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Asima Ahmad

Chief Medical Officer
Carrot Fertility

From the latest drug developments, diagnostic devices and tools, the Startup Showcase brings you the best of the best innovators disrupting the space.

Join this rapid-fire pitching session to hear from our 6 seed / series A startup finalists developing the next generation of regulated medical products, followed by questions from a judging panel of expert investors. Come along to see the who’s who dominating the startup landscape.

Innovation and Investment

From the latest apps, wearables, digital therapeutics and diagnostics, AI and M/L, the Startup Showcase brings you 6 investor selected seed & series A disruptors poised to transform consumer women’s health.

Join this rapid-fire pitching session to hear from our startup finalists, followed by questions from a judging panel of expert investors. Come along to see the who’s who dominating the startup landscape.

Innovation and Investment