Despite being a necessity for women, tampon design has remained largely unchanged for almost 100 years. Former Ferolyn fellow, Greta Meyer, together with her cofounder, Amanda Calabrese, aim to change that with their company Sequel and its newly designed tampon. As...
This year’s Ferolyn Fellow, Amy Degenkolb, is no stranger to breaking new ground. As the lead engineer for Alydia Health, one of the first companies to join Fogarty Innovation when it was known as InPress Technologies, she helped create the Jada System, which is...
Materna Medical, a Fogarty Innovation company focused on transforming women’s pelvic health, recently raised an impressive $20 million in Series B funding led by investment firm InnovaHealth Partners. This comes on the heels of a $10 million Series A2 funding in 2021,...
A former world-class lacrosse player, Greta Meyer is no stranger to hard work, teamwork and perseverance, just a few of the key traits that make for a great entrepreneur and Ferolyn Fellow. Sports also led to her innovation, as she experienced first-hand the...
Alydia Health was one of the first Companies-in-Residence at Fogarty Innovation and one the organization has been deeply passionate about, with its promise to solve postpartum hemorrhage (PPH). An enormous unmet need, PPH is the leading cause of maternal...
Women’s healthcare continues to attract much-deserved investor attention. Subsequent to Fogarty graduate Alydia Health’s acquisition by Merck’s spinoff Organon, another Fogarty company, Materna Medical, announced it has raised $10 million in a Series A2 financing...
If you forget to take a vitamin here and there, you’ll probably be fine. But forget to take a birth control pill, and you could well end up with a very unexpected situation. That’s where the Emme Smart Birth Control System performs an invaluable service as it...
As C-sections continue to rise worldwide, more mothers and babies are at risk from perinatal complications. Raydiant Oximetry, a Fogarty Innovation graduate, is developing an innovative fetal monitor to improve outcomes for mothers and babies during childbirth and...
In a year like no other, we all searched for silver linings. One of them was the ongoing success of numerous programs at Fogarty Innovation, including the Ferolyn Fellowship, which continued to foster relationships with inspiring medtech innovators like Holly...
“We were given a gift to be able to solve a big problem, and though the road to getting a device to market is often a bumpy one, we have never lost our resolve to keep moving forward.” That focus from Madorra, a Fogarty Institute graduate aiming to improve the quality...