Femasys CEO and Founder Kathy Lee-Sepsick Meets with the White House’s Gender Policy Council

Lee-Sepsick Discussed Atlanta-Based Biomedical Company’s Women’s Reproductive Health Products

ATLANTA, May 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Femasys Inc. (NASDAQ: FEMY), a leading biomedical company focused on addressing significant unmet needs of women worldwide with a broad portfolio of in-office, accessible, and innovative therapeutic and diagnostic products, announces CEO and Founder Kathy Lee-Sepsick met with the White House’s Gender Policy Council (GPC) staff to discuss the Company’s reproductive health products and the future of women’s health in the United States. According to The White House, “The GPC covers a range of issues including economic security, health, gender-based violence and education, with a focus on gender equity and equality, and particular attention to the barriers faced by women and girls.”

As part of the discussion, Ms. Lee-Sepsick and the GPC staff discussed the crucial need to fund women’s healthcare initiatives. The meeting was held in support of the President’s Executive Order on Advancing Women’s Health Research and Innovation, released in March 2024, which states, “The Director of OMB and the Assistant to the President and Director of the Gender Policy Council (Directors) shall lead an effort, in collaboration with the Initiative, to identify current gaps in Federal funding for women’s health research and shall submit recommendations to the President describing the additional funding and programming necessary to catalyze research on women’s health, including in priority areas within women’s health as identified by the Initiative.”

“It was an honor and a privilege to meet with staff from the Gender Policy Council at The White House, where I had the opportunity to discuss Femasys’ product initiatives, including our permanent birth control, FemBloc and infertility treatment, FemaSeed,” stated Ms. Lee-Sepsick. “Given the mutual acknowledgement of the pressing need to fund late-stage women’s health innovations, as well as the gaps in research to address multiple women’s health issues, we believe Femasys can serve to provide historical perspective of the challenges of advancing a company in women’s health and can be instrumental in realizing the mission of closing gender disparities in critical areas. I am proud to have the opportunity to interact with our government and to fuel change as we strive to empower women.”