🔴 **The fertility industry: profiting from vulnerability**

"_In the UK, more than 60% of IVF is privately funded and one cycle can cost £5000 or more. Insufficient public funding and regulation alongside the high demand for fertility treatments have driven the commercialisation and financialisation of ARTs. In the USA, about a third of IVF cycles are done through clinics affiliated with private-equity firms and PGT-A is more likely to be part of IVF treatment in a private equity-affiliated clinic than elsewhere. The money to be made is staggering. The global fertility market was valued at US$34·7 billion in 2023 and is projected to grow to 62·8 billion in just 10 years._"

Lancet, N. (2024) 'The fertility industry: profiting from vulnerability,' The Lancet, 404(10449), p. 215. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(24)01484-3.

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