Doctors say IVF technology developed by Gameto, cofounded by Under 30 alumna Dina Radenkovic, has serious potential. Now it’s finally coming to market.
Many founders joke that their companies are like their “baby.” But for Dina Radenkovic, that took on a whole new meaning on December 7 when the first baby conceived using her company’s in-vitro fertilization product, Fertilio, was born in Peru.
These challenges are what inspired Radenkovic to cofound Gameto with Martin Varsavsky in 2021. Both had a background in fertility health. Radenkovic, a physician by trade, had worked in clinical and research roles at places like the National Health Services’ Barts Health and St Thomas'. Varsavsky was a multi-time founder—including of Prelude Fertility, North America’s largest chain of fertility clinics.says.
With these new techniques, Radenkovic says that Fertilio can cut the IVF injection process down to just two or three days before extracting non-mature eggs. The eggs are then placed in the dish that acts as a synthetic ovary to mature. This limits the duration and number of injections by nearly 80 percent—and helps mitigate their side effects.
The Gameto team spent years developing the technology with numerous tests to ensure that the eggs and eventual embryos would likely become healthy babies. Clinical trials of the technology have shown positive results, and Fertilo is now approved by regulators in six countries. It’s commercially available in Australia, Mexico, Argentina and Peru, and is currently preparing to enter the market in Japan and Paraguay once it finds clinical partners.
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