Natural Cycles receives approval from Health Canada for its birth control app
NEW YORK, Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Natural Cycles, the leading women's digital health company, announced it has received approval from Health Canada to market and sell the Natural Cycles app as a form of birth control. Previously sold in Canada as a fertility tracker, the Natural Cycles app is the first app of its kind to obtain a Class II Medical Device License from Health Canada and remains the only digital form of birth control on the market cleared by regulators in the United States (FDA), Europe (TÜV SÜD), Australia (TGA), Singapore (HSA), and South Korea (MFDS).
- NEW YORK, Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Natural Cycles , the leading women's digital health company, announced it has received approval from Health Canada to market and sell the Natural Cycles app as a form of birth control.
- "Our mission has always been to reach as many women as possible and with our latest regulatory clearance from Health Canada, the Natural Cycles app is now accessible to more than 380 million women globally," said Natural Cycles co-founder and CEO Dr. Elina Berglund Scherwitzl.
- Natural Cycles currently has over three million registered users worldwide and the demand for its natural birth control option continues to increase, with many seeking an alternative to hormonal birth control or less effective fertility awareness methods.
- As Natural Cycles is the only FDA Cleared birth control app on the market, it should be covered by all plans and issuers.