AthenaDAO
The AthenaDAO is a decentralized community of researchers, funders, and advocates working to advance women’s health research, education, and funding.
Women drive 80% of healthcare decisions and fuel the $500B U.S. healthcare and beauty market, yet women’s R&D is a blind spot in the biotech field - it is underpriced and a massive opportunity.
$600 billion
Estimated global market opportunity for menopause-related products and services by 2030.
10.80%
Percentage of the NIH 2020 budget allocated to women's health research, including female-specific and predominant conditions.
1%
Percentage of global healthcare R&D investments that target female-specific conditions beyond oncology.
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While science drives breakthroughs like extended lifespans and everyday technologies, women’s health R&D is a black box. We know very little about female biology, yet we depend on it for the human population.
Women, the “chief medical officers” of their homes, make 80% of healthcare decisions and drive the second-largest U.S. industry by revenue—healthcare and beauty products. Yet, women’s health is considered “niche”.
There are many moonshots and a huge overlooked market.
A decentralized approach to research flips the script: it puts patients in charge, letting them fund translational research to areas of research on which they need innovation.
We are leveraging Decentralized technologies to bridge the gap in innovation in women’s health R&D.
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