Prelude Fertility is a network of fertility clinics in the United States that offer fertility services including
in vitro fertilization (IVF),
egg donation
Egg donation is the process by which a woman donates eggs to enable another woman to conceive as part of an assisted reproduction treatment or for biomedical research. For assisted reproduction purposes, egg donation typically involves in vitro ...
, genetic testing, and egg freezing.
As of 2019, the Prelude Fertility Network of clinics included 23 fertility practices and 36 locations in the U.S. and more than 60 affiliated reproductive endocrinologists.
History
Prelude Fertility was founded by
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following his and his wife’s experience with fertility treatment and IVF.
The company launched in October 2016 when Varsavsky secured funding from
Lee Equity Partners
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The firm, which is based in New York City, was founded in 2006 by Thomas H. Lee, the notable ...
to purchase a majority stake in Reproductive Biology Associates, an IVF clinic in Atlanta, and My Egg Bank, the largest frozen donor egg bank in the U.S.
In September 2017, Prelude acquired a majority stake in Pacific Fertility Center in
San Francisco
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. The following month, Prelude acquired Vivere Health.
In March 2018, Prelude acquired the Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago. In October 2018, Prelude announced a partnership with
NYU Langone
NYU Langone Health is an academic medical center located in New York City, New York, United States. The health system consists of NYU Grossman School of Medicine and NYU Long Island School of Medicine, both part of New York University (NYU), and ...
. In March 2019, Prelude announced a partnership with Inception Fertility and also announced TJ Farnsworth as the company’s new CEO.
The partnership made Prelude the largest fertility services provider in the U.S and added Aspire Fertility clinics to the Prelude Network.
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References
Fertility
Fertility medicine
Egg donation
In vitro fertilisation