Initiative to develop female-centric products has 'potential to enable more equal healthcare system'

Dr Tanya Mulcahy, director of Health Innovation Hub Ireland. Picture: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision

A new initiative to support and develop female-centric, tech-based healthcare products has “the potential to enable a more equal healthcare system”, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said.

Women make up half the population but less than 2% of global investment has focused on women’s health research, providing a huge, untapped market for entrepreneurs and opportunities to improve women’s healthcare, an event in University College Cork promoting Irish femtech heard.