‘Femtech' takes on the women's health-care marketplace
Could you use some discreet help with birth control from a $14.99-a-month period-tracking app?
How about a hands-free, wearable breast pump, for $549; a $299 wristband to soothe hot flashes; or an extra-slim, temperature-neutral, LED-lit speculum to bring to gynecologists' appointments — part of a $125 kit including 'comfy socks'?
These products and more are part of a fast-growing industry known as 'femtech' — high-tech solutions for women's health needs — whose many female founders say they're tackling age-old inequities.
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