Issue # 126 – 🇮🇳🤝🇬🇧 FemTech India Partners with BHC to Expand Indian HealthTech in UK.

We’re thrilled to announce our partnership with the British High Commission to empower Indian HealthTech companies in scaling their businesses in the UK! 

As part of our mission to foster cross-border collaborations, we are committed to supporting Indian innovators in navigating the UK healthcare ecosystem, developing market access strategies, and unlocking global opportunities.

The UK-India HealthTech Accelerator Programme is your perfect launchpad! Building on the success of two UK-India HealthTech Bootcamps, this long-term programme is designed to support ambitious Indian startups looking to go global!

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• How FemTech space is shaping in India: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Future.

• Starlink is coming to India. Here’s what to know. 
• 67% of Consumers Pay for Services That Save Them Time Despite Inflation and Paycheck Pressures.
• Google has introduced an AI co-scientist, powered by Gemini 2.0, to assist researchers in drug discovery and biomedical research.
• WHO designates Delft University’s Digital Ethics Centre as a Collaborating Centre for AI in Health Governance.

Allo Health, India’s leading and fastest-growing sexual health ecosystem, has raised ₹16 crore in a Pre-Series A round led by Rainmatter along with existing investors. 

Beauty brand indē wild has secured $5 million in a funding round led by Unilever Ventures. The round also saw participation from existing partners SoGal Ventures and True, the company said in a statement.

• ImmuONE, a Stevenage, UK-based biotech startup developing a 3D laboratory model that provides an alternative to animal testing, raised £600K in funding. Backers included the Midlands Engine Investment Fund, Mercia Ventures and Pioneer Group.
• Ataraxis AI, a leading AI-powered precision medicine company, has raised $20.4 million in Series A funding to accelerate its mission of transforming cancer diagnostics and treatment. 
• StimOxyGen, a Derry, Northern Ireland, UK-based company developing cancer treatments, raised £1.5M in fundingThe round was led by DSW Ventures, with co-investment from QUBIS and Co-Fund NI managed by Clarendon, leveraging additional funding from Innovate UK’s Future Economy Investor Partnership grant programme.
• elea, a Hamburg, Germany-based company providing an immersive AI platform for healthcare professionals that provide life-saving diagnoses and care, raised €4M in funding.Backers included Fly Ventures and Giant Ventures, MVZ (Medizinische Versorgungszentrum) hospital groups.
• MSInsight, a Paris, France-based startup specializing in precision medicine in oncology, raised €1.6M in Seed funding.Backers included Calyseed, with participation from Plateau de Saclay Business Angels, Yes Invest, Capital Cell, and banking partners such as bpifrance.
• Phoenix, a Toronto, Canada-based digital health clinic for men, raised CAD $50M in Series A funding.The round was led by Valspring Capital, with participation from Y Combinator, and support from CIBC Innovation Banking.
• Greenspace Health, a Toronto, Canada-based SaaS measurement-based care (MBC) technology provider, raised an undisclosed amount in Series B funding.
• Digital health platform LipoCheck has secured €2.5 million in a successful seed funding round to expand its platform, enhance telehealth services, and drive international expansion. The Germany-based company is focused on lipedema care.
• London-based startup Linq has raised $1.1 million in pre-seed funding for its platform designed to give users control over their intimate images and help combat revenge porn and “sextortion” scams.

• Some women turn to weed during pregnancy to help deal with common issues like nausea, sleep problems and stress. Unfortunately, they could be endangering their unborn child’s future behavior, a new study says.
• Women who use cannabis either during pregnancy or after delivery are three times more likely to have kids with disruptive behavioral problems, researchers reported.
• Mothers of twins are twice as likely to be hospitalised for heart disease in the year after delivery, according to a US study published in the European Heart Journal. The risk is even greater for mothers of twins who had high blood pressure during pregnancy.
• About one-fifth of stroke survivors will eventually get a diagnosis of dementia, finds a Canadian study published in the journal Neurology. To explore the link between stroke and dementia, researchers analysed the health data of 1,74,817 stroke survivors, matching them with an equal number of people without stroke. The average age of participants was 69.
• Anxiety and depression are increasingly prevalent mental health concerns affecting millions of adults worldwide. These conditions often co-occur, with anxiety disorders frequently preceding or accompanying depressive episodes. A recent study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network Open, revealed that about 40 per cent of adults experiencing chronic, persistent pain could also have anxiety or depression. 
• A study from Harvard University, published in JAMA Cardiology, found that patients who had elevated blood pressure while lying down (supine position) were at a higher risk for heart disease, stroke, and death—even if their seated blood pressure readings were normal.
• According to a Canadian study published in The BMJ, prehabilitation is associated with fewer complications, shorter hospital stays and improved recovery and quality of life. Researchers analysed data from 186 trials involving 15,684 participants (average age 62; 45 per cent women) preparing for major surgery who received prehabilitation interventions or usual care.
• In general, people tend to be in the best frame of mind in the morning and in the worst around midnight, finds a British study published in the journal BMJ Mental Health. To determine whether our mental wellbeing varies with the time of day, day of the week, season and year, researchers analysed data from nearly one million survey responses from 49,218 participants over two years.
• Kids are more likely to maintain a healthy weight if their parents adopt a responsive style while they’re babies and toddlers, a new study suggests.Children had a significantly lower average body mass index (BMI) through middle childhood if they were raised using responsive parenting, researchers report in JAMA Pediatrics. BMI is an estimate of body fat based on height and weight.
• People with a higher genetic risk for type 2 diabetes also have a higher risk of heart attack, stroke and other heart-related diseases. But controlling that risk could be as simple as picking up a TV remote and hitting the “off” switch, a new study suggests. Limiting TV watching to no more than one hour a day appears to help offset the increased risk of heart disease associated with a high genetic risk of type 2 diabetes, researchers reported March 12 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
• Concussion damage could linger in an athlete’s brain for at least a year, long after they’ve rejoined their sport, a new study says. Concussed college athletes had brain changes that remained visible in brain scans up to a year after they’d been cleared to return to play, researchers reported in a study published March 12 in the journal Neurology.
• An overwhelming 93 per cent of women report feeling dismissed when seeking medical help, underscoring a major issue in healthcare that has led to worsened health outcomes, delayed diagnoses, and a loss of trust in the healthcare system, a new survey has found.
• Researchers have found that a treatment called platelet-rich plasma (PRP) might help women with poor ovarian response, suggesting that PRP may enhance ovarian rejuvenation and improve egg quality, potentially increasing pregnancy success rates for women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF).
• Breast density plays a significant role in both the risk of breast cancer diagnosis and the sensitivity of mammography, which may affect screening practices, new research has shown. The study showed that women with dense breasts had a 1.8 times higher likelihood of being diagnosed with breast cancer compared with women with less dense breasts.

• Female-founded period care brand, Riley, has achieved B Corp certification after a year-long application process. The assessment, conducted by B Lab, evaluates companies across five key impact areas: governance, workers, community, environment and customers.
• Delhi-based startup Genefitletics has introduced Agegorithm, a machine-learning-driven human biology model that quantifies biological age at the molecular and cellular levels.
• Unlike chronological age, which measures time since birth, biological age provides insights into how well an individual’s body is aging internally.
• Mumbai-based Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has announced plans to acquire Checkpoint Therapeutics, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed oncology company, in a transaction valued at $355 million. The acquisition will strengthen Sun Pharma’s oncology portfolio and expand patient access to Checkpoint’s FDA-approved immunotherapy, UNLOXCYT.
• India’s Syngene International has announced the acquisition of its first biologics facility in the United States from Emergent Manufacturing Operations Baltimore, a unit of Emergent BioSolutions, for $36.5 million. The acquisition marks a strategic move to strengthen Syngene’s presence in the US and enhance its biologics manufacturing capacity.

• The Telangana government is set to introduce a dedicated Life Sciences policy in the coming weeks, aiming to strengthen Hyderabad’s position as a leading hub for pharmaceutical and biotechnology innovation.
• The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), through its Extramural Research Project, has set up a dedicated Centre for Advanced Research on Space Psychology. This is a crucial aspect of space psychology and human spaceflight, ensuring that astronauts are both physically and mentally prepared for the extreme conditions of space as the county is working for Gaganyaan, India’s first crewed space mission, expected to be launched in 2026.

📳 – Quick Reads: 

• Red Wine Protects Against Cancer? Maybe Not: Red wine has been thought to potentially offer protection against cancer, given its high levels of the anti-inflammatory antioxidant resveratrol.
• Splash Your Way To Weight Loss Through Water Aerobics: Purposeful splishing and splashing can help you trim your waist size and drop excess pounds, a new evidence review has concluded.
• Pickleballers Bounce Back After Joint Replacement: Love pickleball, but facing a knee or hip replacement? Odds are you’ll return to the court in no time, a new study suggests

See you next Friday, friends 👋
Navneet

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