Women's Health & Femtech

Women's Health & Femtech

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Women's health is finally starting to receive the attention it deserves, but many women's health and femtech companies still face significant barriers to growth. Our patent attorneys and IP solicitors help you protect your innovation and maximise the commercial value of your intellectual property (IP).

Despite addressing some of the largest unmet needs in healthcare, these markets remain underfunded, under-researched and underserved. As a result, you may face challenges securing investment, generating clinical evidence, navigating regulatory requirements and convincing key stakeholders of the commercial potential of your innovation.

While investors increasingly recognise the opportunities within women's health, many femtech companies still experience lengthy fundraising cycles, increased scrutiny around market size and greater demands for clinical and commercial validation before investment is secured.

Competition is also intensifying. As more healthcare companies and providers enter the sector, the race is on to develop the next generation of diagnostics, digital health platforms, AI-driven tools, fertility technologies, menopause solutions, therapeutics and medical devices. Protecting your IP is therefore more important than ever.

Strong IP should be far more than a legal consideration. It can strengthen your investment proposition, support valuation, secure strategic partnerships, attract acquirers and create barriers to entry for competitors.

Contact our women's health and femtech team to discuss your innovation.

How We Help Protect and Commercialise Your Women's Health Innovation

Bringing a women's health innovation to market often means combining life sciences, biotechnology, diagnostics, medical devices, software, AI, data analytics and digital health. Alongside the technical challenges, you'll also need to navigate clinical validation, regulation, market adoption and investment.

You'll work with patent attorneys, trade mark attorneys, IP solicitors and litigators who understand both the science behind your technology and the commercial challenges you face. Together, they'll help you identify, protect, commercialise and enforce the IP that underpins your business.

We work with businesses across the women's health and femtech landscape, including:

  • Women's health therapeutics
  • Fertility and reproductive health technologies
  • Pregnancy and maternal health solutions
  • Menopause technologies and treatments
  • Diagnostics and biomarker technologies
  • Medical devices and wearables
  • Digital health and telemedicine platforms
  • AI-enabled healthcare solutions
  • Preventative healthcare technologies
  • Vaccines and life sciences innovation

We can help you:

  • Identify potentially protectable and commercially valuable ideas.
  • Protect inventions through patents and supplementary IP rights.
  • Develop an IP strategy aligned with your fundraising, partnering and growth objectives.
  • Protect your brands, products and services through trade marks and design rights.
  • Navigate freedom to operate and competitor IP risks.
  • Structure licensing, collaboration and commercial agreements.
  • Build an investor-ready IP portfolio.
  • Enforce and defend your IP rights internationally.
  • Support acquisitions, due diligence and commercial transactions.

A Seamless Multidisciplinary Team

What sets our women's health and femtech team apart is that it brings together patent attorneys, trade mark attorneys, IP solicitors and litigators with expertise across women's health, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, biotechnology, chemistry, medical devices, software, AI and healthcare technology.

Together, they provide the complete range of IP and legal support you need to protect your IP and maximise the value of your business and technology.

  • Our patent attorneys identify protectable ideas and develop an IP strategy that supports your technology, commercial objectives and long-term growth plans.
  • Our solicitors draft and negotiate domestic and multi-jurisdictional commercial agreements, ensuring the right arrangements are in place to support collaborations, licensing opportunities and commercial transactions.
  • If your position or IP is challenged, our experienced litigators will guide you through disputes within the UK, Europe and, where required, internationally.
  • Our trade mark attorneys will protect your brands, products and services, helping you maintain a strong position in an increasingly competitive market.

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Get in Touch with Our Women's Health & Femtech Team

Benjamin Hoffmann
Sara Holland
Camilla Kiørboe
Andreas Lauge Christensen
Alice Mortiboy

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