Samsung is partnering with Natural Cycles to add temperature-based period tracking to its Galaxy Watch5 series of smartwatches.
According to the electronics giant, the new cycle tracking capabilities will launch in the Samsung Health app in the second quarter in 32 markets in Europe, North America and Asia, including the U.S. The company said adding Natural Cycles' technology will "give users...
Oura, maker of a health tracking ring, announced a partnership with birth control app Natural Cycles to use its wearable to monitor body temperature changes.
Users will be able to sync temperature data recorded from the Oura Ring into the Natural Cycles app instead of taking their temperature manually each morning. Natural Cycles, which received FDA De Novo clearance in 2018, uses temperature...
The FDA has greenlit digital birth control app Natural Cycles to integrate third-party thermometers—including consumer wearables into its app to help pinpoint a user's fertility status.
Body temperature has been a component of Natural Cycles' calculations since the app hit the market. Specifically, the startup developed an algorithm that uses a women's basal body temperature and other menstrual...
Clue, a Berlin-based femtech company, announced today that it has received FDA clearance to launch Clue Birth Control, an all-digital form of contraceptive that relies on period tracking data.
By combining user menstrual cycle data with Clue’s predictive algorithm, the birth control feature can show which days are high or low risk for pregnancy. From there, users can modify their behaviors to...
Swedish CE-certified birth control app, Natural Cycles has announced that it has submitted a 510(k) Premarket Notification to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The Natural Cycles app, is the first and only FDA cleared birth control app in the US.
WHY IT MATTERS
The purpose of the notification is to revise the labeling to expand the third-party thermometers, which include wearables...
There is no shortage of fertility apps out there for women looking to get - or not get - pregnant. However, when it comes to figuring out the best options for fertility, one-size-fits-all might not be the best method. New research out of Nature Digital Medicine found that only 13% of women had menstrual cycles that are 28 days in length. Authors of the large-scale study, published this week,...
Last year saw record amounts of investment be plugged into European tech startups, according to the 2018 State of European Tech from investment firm Atomico.
However, 93% of that funding went to startups with all-male founding teams, and the findings resemble data compiled by market research firm Pitchbook in the US, which indicates that women-led ventures secured just 2.2% of venture capital...
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has found a Facebook ad describing Natural Cycles as a "highly accurate contraceptive app" and a "clinically tested alternative to birth control methods" to be misleading after receiving three complaints about the paid-for post.
The Swedish company said it removed the ad, which ran for approximately four weeks in mid-2017, as soon as it was notified...
The FDA announced today that it will allow marketing of Natural Cycles’ contraception app in the US for pre-menopausal women aged 18 years and older. Previously approved in the UK and currently the subject of investigation by multiple regulatory agencies, the algorithm-driven app helps users track their menstrual cycle and informs them when they are most fertile.
“Consumers are increasingly using...
Natural Cycles, an app that bills itself as a contraceptive and fertility tracker, has again found itself the target of regulatory investigation due to claims made in its advertisements.
According to the Guardian, the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority has kicked off a formal investigation into the Swedish company after receiving three complaints regarding the app and its paid advertising on...
