2019 Northern Devon NHS Trust: Use of Peezy to improve quality of urine culture
2019 Public Health Wales: Improving UTI diagnosis by introducing a UTI triage and clean and catch MSU process
Forte Medical case study within Imperial College Innovation paper
Urine the money: £240,000 raised with CrowdCube
We’re fundraising with CrowdCube!
Forte Medical is fundraising with CrowdCube. Investment raised will help us transform point of care testing for women, the world over. Read More
Enterpreneurship: women CAN have it all. Just not all at the same time.
Our CEO Giovanna Forte was invited to deliver a talk about Entrepreneurship to students at her alma mater, Mayfield School for Girls. Speaking alongside counterpart… Read More
Film: Dr Vincent Forte on why and how Peezy Midstream transforms urological health.
When Dr Vincent Forte asked a female patient for a urine sample, she returned to his surgery with a wet bottle and red face. Vincent… Read More
Forte Medical Co-Founder: Trailblazing Leader in Women’s Health
Giovanna Forte, our very own CEO and co-founder of Forte Medical has been nominated a Trailblazing Leader in Women’s Health by… Read More
Women of Wearables: our CEO named a top leader in FemTech and women’s health
Medical devices can help prevent sepsis and the rise of AMR
“With between 15 and 20% of cases in high income countries being caused by urinary tract infection, and with resistance to first-line treatment among the… Read More
Are women on the AMR frontline due to poor UTI & prenatal urine specimen collection?
Failure to ensure midstream urine collection for urinary tract infection (UTI) and prenatal urine collection combined with failure of clinicians to identify problem bacteria before… Read More
Accelerate to Excel: why does only 2% of investment reach female founders?
The Entrepreneur’s Network/Beauhurst Accelerate to Excel report highlights the woeful 2% of investment reaching female founders. Female-founded businesses often last longer and… Read More
Womens UTI and maternal health: fact sheet
Global guidance specifies midstream urine (MSU) for Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) and prenatal screening, yet there is no protocol to ensure guidelines are met, leading… Read More
Scandal of ignored guidelines impacting women’s health.
The scandal of ignored guidelines for urine collection to diagnose UTI / prenatal screening Unreliable diagnoses / Unnecessary antibiotics for millions of women /… Read More
Luto Talks: Carolyn McKelvie interviews Giovanna Forte on International Women’s Day 2023
The Pacemaker Podcast USA: Roman Stolyarov finds out about the how and why of Peezy Midstream
Our first update for a while – welcome to September’s News Review!
Having survived the C19 years, not without uncertainty over our future, we are thrilled to deliver good news in the form of new distribution relationships… Read More
Peter Woodcock, Consulting Financial Director rejoins the Forte Medical Team
In 2008 our coveted Finance Director Peter Woodcock moved to France, which at that time made seamless team working less than convenient. Thanks to the… Read More
UTIs still being diagnosed by 140 year old test
This is an important article by Alexander Edwards and Sarah Needs from Reading University. UTI diagnoses are woefully out of date. Here at Forte… Read More
Signed licensing agreement for new Forte Medical device
Owen Mumford signs licensing agreement for novel specimen collection system When asked by a leading cancer researcher for a urine collection… Read More
Commercial Director appointment: Adam Mumford
It has been agreed by the Forte Medical Board to appoint Adam Mumford as Commercial Director to Forte Medical Limited. Adam’s 30 years experience of… Read More
Right First Time: SME Innovator Winning The Argument Against Perverse Incentives
Ashley Yeo, Editor Life Science Editor for Invivo Informa interview Forte Medical CEO and co-founder Giovanna Forte, nominated as one of the… Read More
Thermo Fisher Scientific goes live with Peezy Midstream in North America
Forte Medical is delighted to announce that from July 2022, Peezy Midstream will be available through Thermo Fisher Scientific in the USA. Read More
How to Have Fun At Work: Giovanna talks with Funny Women
Giovanna Forte discusses Transferable Skills with the indefatigable founder of Funny Women, Lynne Parker and wedding guru Lily Jones. Read More
Informa: Giovanna Forte one of 30 Rising Leaders in Life Sciences
We are delighted to share the Informa list of 30 Rising Leaders in Life Sciences, which features Forte Medical’s very own CEO Giovanna Forte. Read More
International Women’s Day 2022: Been There Done That interview with Giovanna Forte
On International Women’s Day, Giovanna Forte, CEO of Forte Medical kicks off Series 2 of Been There Done That, a show from… Read More
GIRFT Pathology Report: low midstream urine sample submission to labs
The recentlly published GIRFT Pathology National Speciality Report recommends that NHS and laboratory providers audit urine collection methods to meet higher sample standards. “On our… Read More
UTI: lack of urine collection protocol leads to female health misery
“Urine testing is an area of increasing importance in the medical diagnosis of common conditions such as Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) and antenatal screening for… Read More
Government calls on women to spill the beans on female health issues.
Forte Medical is routinely contacted by women whose UTI issues are left untreated or ignored by their GP. They describe being prescribed broad spectrum antibiotics… Read More
MedTech20: Gordon Andersen interviews Giovanna Forte
Healthcare innovation, prevention and why the most common diagnostic process is overlooked. Gordon Andersen of AG Executive Selection and Search interviews Giovanna… Read More
Entrepreneur interview live on LinkedIn with Amanda Thomson
Giovanna Forte was pleased and proud to be Amanda Thomson’s first guest on her new Interviews with Entrepreneurs on LinkedIn Live. Click here… Read More
Forte on FemTech opportunity at MedTech Integrates
Femtech: Innovation and Opportunity was one of the highlights of the inaugural MedTech Integrates. Chaired by Economic Development Consultant Linda di Mario, taking in… Read More
USA: Patients can buy Peezy Midstream directly
Owen Mumford Inc, our Sales and Distribution partner has met growing demand from patients for direct access to Peezy Midstream. The evidence-based, gold standard… Read More
“I wish Peezy was an NHS standard.”
“I am 30 weeks pregnant and have used Peezy Midstream to collect my urine samples. As I get bigger I really appreciate how easy… Read More
October News Review.
Click here for the latest News Review: on Patient Safety, Infection Control, Home Testing and more. Read More
Cleancatch urine: crucial for an accurate UTI test.
LiveUTIFree, a US patient advocacy group for urological health has published a candid article about the diagnostic process for UTI. The elusive… Read More
Preventative practice: why change is needed.
Giovanna explains how prevention has slipped from top of the health agenda to be replaced by treatment, an apparent priority approach. However,… Read More
