FEATURED
Channel 9 News Australia
“New Aussie invention providing fresh hope for women”
A national spotlight on the menopause patch shortage and LORAI Health’s mission to build a reliable, local supply.
Media Coverage
Channel 9 News Australia
New Aussie invention providing fresh hope for women.
April 2026
National news coverage highlighting the ongoing menopause patch shortage and the need for sovereign manufacturing solutions in Australia.
InnovationAus.com
Female founders confront record low funding.
December 2025
Article featuring LORAI Health, highlighting the barriers facing female founders working in women’s health and the impossible advice they are given.
Podcasts and Conversations
Femtech At Work with Maaike Steinebach
Why Menopause Patches Are Stuck in the Past & How LORAI Health Plans to Change That with Johanna Wicks
June 2026
Australia has had a chronic shortage of menopause hormone therapy patches for nearly five years, and the reason will surprise you. Dr Lucy Burns sits down with Johanna Wicks, co-founder of LORAI Health, who got so fed up she decided to build her own pharmaceutical company. This episode is essential listening for every woman in perimenopause or menopause who has ever been told to just wait a little longer.
The Real Health & Weight Loss Podcast
Perimenopause, Patches and Problem Solving with Johanna Wicks
April 2026
The Partnership Playbook Podcast
The HRT patch story that’s being rewritten by Raisa Monteiro and Johanna Wicks
In this conversation with host Phil Hayes-St Clair, Raisa and Johanna reveal a clear pattern: when markets fail to prioritise human need, innovation stalls. In menopause care, that stall has lasted more than two decades.
April 2026
Sage Women Podcast
Maaike sits down with Johanna Wicks, co-founder of LORAI Health, to expose the frustrating reality behind the global patch shortage and the regulatory question marks surrounding decades-old formulas. Johanna shares her own harrowing battle with undiagnosed perimenopause and reveals LORAI's ambitious, unconventional two-patch strategy to disrupt the market, navigate the brutal world of female-founder funding, and secure a shocking quarter-million-dollar lifeline.
HRT Patches Australia Shortage: How LORAI Health Is Fixing The Menopause Access Crisis
December 2025
Host, Melanie White, chats with LORAI Health founders, Johanna and Raisa to discuss the patch supply shortages Australian women are facing and how LORAI Health is working towards a local supply solution.