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Medela gathers top lactation & breastfeeding experts from around the world at global symposium*

Leading breast pump brand hosts virtual event to advance breastfeeding research & improve health outcomes

Global Medela Family Saddened by Loss of Lactation Pioneer Peter Hartmann

Tribute to Professor Peter Hartmann, long-time Medela partner and friend

Medela introduces new silicone breast milk collector

Medela today announced that a new breast milk saver solution will be available to support lactating parents around the world.

The challenges faced by breastfeeding Olympians reflect a bigger problem

Writer Sarah Stroller highlights the parallels faced by this year’s breastfeeding Olympians.

Medela products voted Best by breastfeeding parents/mums

Medela share the products that have been recognized as the 2021 Mom’s Best List from Parent Tested Parent Approved (PTPA).

Medela products receive 2021 What To Expect Feeding award

Recently, Medela’s Contact Nipple Shield, Breast Milk Cooler & Transport, Quick Clean Micro-Steam Bags each received the 2021 What To Expect award.

Why more awareness is needed for breastfeeding

In celebration of World Breastfeeding Week 2021, Medela CEO Annette Brüls was interviewed by Canada’s Global News

Medela receives Best CEO awards for 2021

This year, Medela received best place to work awards. “Everything starts with people.” This adage is something Medela CEO, Annette Brüls, is often heard saying.

Medela Partners with Good+Foundation to Support 850 Breastfeeding Families in Need

Celebrating 40 Years in the USA, Medela Expands Its Commitment to Caring for Families Across America

New Medela Family App Connects Expectant & New Parents to Expert Breastfeeding Support

Most Trusted Breast Pump Brand+ Introduces Free App Solution to Track Contractions, Baby’s Growth, Nursing/Pumping Sessions and Milk Supply with Virtual Storage Feature. Medela Family App Connects to Medela Breast Pumps and Provides Personalized ...

New Medela Family App Connects Pregnant Moms and New Parents to Expert Breastfeeding Support

Leading Breast Pump Brand Introduces Free App Solution to Track Baby’s Growth, Nursing/Pumping Sessions and Milk Supply with Virtual Storage Feature. Medela Family App Connects to Medela Breast Pumps and Provides Personalized Support to Help ...

Medela Introduces the Science of Care

This year, as we celebrate 60 years in business, we are excited to share with you our new mission statement. This embodies our promise of how we will continue to uniquely serve you, our customers, to nurture health for generations.

Advancing Lactation Science to Improve Care – Medela’s 15^th Global Breastfeeding and Lactation Symposium

From September 21st – 22nd this year, Medela will connect and empower the medical community from around the world with the latest evidence-based information on lactation to preserve and protect breastfeeding.

Medela joins Swiss relief initiative in India providing critical portable suction systems and product training to fight COVID-19

With concern over the COVID-19 health crisis currently prevailing across India, Medela announced today their efforts to provide critical portal airway suction devices.

Medela Steps Up Efforts to Help Working Moms by Providing Free Milk Shipping to New Moms

Most Trusted Breast Pump Brand* Launches New #MedelaMailMyMilk Initiative. Today, Medela announced a new initiative to support breastfeeding mothers working away from their babies by awarding free milk shipping.

Medela and March of Dimes, Leading Women and Baby Organizations, Join Forces to Support Motherhood & Families

Medela, the most trusted breast pump brand* has teamed up with March of Dimes, the leading non-profit organization for pregnancy and baby health, to support their It Starts With Mom and March for Babies initiatives this year.

Medela recognized as “Most Trusted Breast Pump Brand” by Brandspark

Another award-winning year for Medela! All over the globe, moms – expecting and new – are hearing that Medela is a brand they can trust.

Medela receives awards for Best Company Outlook and Best Teams

Medela is excited to share that as a result of anonymous employee survey feedback.

Joerns Healthcare and Medela Announce Nationwide Partnership

Joerns Healthcare, a leading wound solutions provider, announced today that will distribute Medela’s negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) product line on a national basis to the skilled nursing and long-term acute care hospital settings.

Freestyle Flex named Top Breast Pump by The Bump!

Medela’s Freestyle Flex was named the Top Breast Pump Winner for The Bump’s First Annual Best of Pregnancy Awards, an expansion of their Best of Baby Awards.

New research shows human milk contains long-lasting, potent antibodies against COVID-19

Mount Sinai researcher, Dr. Rebecca Powell, led the research that provides evidence breastfeeding is important during the pandemic.

Medela and Laerdal Global Health join forces to fight maternal & infant mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa

Partnership to Provide Products and Training to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes

Top Female Leaders of Mom Favorite Brands Focus on Rebuilding the Workplace with Parents in Mind

The Coalition of Leaders Behind New Moms’ Healthy Returns Issue Call to Action for Businesses

Medela Freestyle Flex wins Tell Me Baby 2021 Award for Highest Rated Portable Breast Pump and is also named 2021 Award Winner for Portable Breast Pump by Product Review.com

Medela is honoured to announce that our Freestyle Flex has won the Tell Me Baby 2021 Award for highest rated Portable Breast Pump. Tell Me Baby is a growing and respected Australian digital parent community and product review platform from ...

Impact that matters - From good intentions to specific actions

As a member of the Swedish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce, Medela is delighted to support their ongoing events to support equality and inclusion in the workplace on 11 February 2021 with the participation of our CEO Annette Brüls as a panelist.

Scientific paper ‘Promoting and Protecting Human Milk & Breastfeeding in a COVID-19 World’ published in the journal Frontiers in Pediatrics

Medela Introduces Category Expansion with New Baby Care Product Line Developed with Experts, called Medela Baby

Medela Expands Support of the Mother-Baby Bond Introducing New Category Expansion and New All-Natural Breast Care Product

Employee feedback helps Medela win best CEO and best Company for Women awards!

Medela Cares – A year-end Update

Medela Announces New Data Demonstrating that Thopaz⁺ Digital Chest Drain Improves Safety and Helps Prevent Cross-Contamination During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

▪Findings from an infection control study demonstrate Medela’s Thopaz/Thopaz⁺ Digital Chest Drainage and Monitoring System effectively blocks small aerosolized viral and bacterial particles

▪The portability of Thopaz/Thopaz⁺ allows for ...

Medela Unveils the Next Generation of The Moms’ Room to Support Breastfeeding Families Across the U.S.

Medela’s Comprehensive Program for Breastfeeding Moms Offers Exclusive Benefits and Unapparelled Support

Preserving breastfeeding during COVID times

Medela initiative to raise awareness on the global impact of COVID-19 on breastfeeding and to protect and support breastfeeding during COVID-19 times

World Prematurity Day 2020

Improving preterm babies’ health and survival through Medela’s NICU QI initiative

New Data Demonstrates Medela Innovates the Standard of Care for Negative Wound Pressure Therapy (NPWT)

Peer-reviewed Poster Published at SAWC Fall 2020 Details Invia^® Liberty™ NPWT Systems Accelerated Performance

Medela receives best place to work recognition in North America

Medela and Aeroflow Breastpumps Launch Dream At-Home Breastfeeding & Pump Room Makeover Opportunity for Moms Across the Country

Medela USA Recognized as a Valuable Local Business

Medela and Rebecca Minkoff Unveil Limited-Edition Breast Pump Tote as Part of Breastfeeding is Beautiful Collaboration

Designed to transition from pump bag to diaper bag and beyond, tote features removable inner pouch, inner and outer pockets, three adjustable straps and an easy-clean exterior Tote to be showcased at Rebecca Minkoff New York Fashion Week show on ...

#StrongerTogether- 1'371'027 kilometres against breast cancer

Medela China partnered with Tmall Club for “Power of Nature, Beauty of Moms” exhibition in Shanghai

Week-long event educated on the value of mother's milk and reinforced support for breastfeeding mums in China

Medela Awarded Suction Canisters Yankauers Agreement with Premier Inc.

Medela has been awarded a group purchasing agreement for Suction Canisters Yankauers with Premier Inc.

Virtual panel discussion with Medela and The Wellbeing Foundation Africa shines light on breastfeeding barriers in high-risk countries

Redefining a Legacy, Medela Announces NEW Pump In Style^® Breast Pump with First-of-Its-Kind MaxFlow™ Technology

Medela Partners with The Wellbeing Foundation Africa to Fight Infant Mortality and Improve Breastfeeding Rates in Nigeria

Medela Cares initiative to help combat malnutrition and low breastfeeding rates in Nigeria by focusing on lactation care offered to mothers of NICU infants

Medela Joins the United Nations Global Compact & Launches Global Corporate Social Responsibility Program, Providing Support for COVID-19 Essential Workers

Medela wins best places to work awards for 2020

Employee feedback is critical for strengthening corporate culture. Working with Comparably, Medela collected feedback from our current employees via anonymous surveys to capture what it’s like to be part of the Medela family. As a result of this ...

New Chatham House report underscores global importance of breast milk

Research from Chatham House and Vivid Economics names breastfeeding as integral to global fight against malnutrition

Medela Awarded 2020 Vendor of the Year by the Pacific Coast Region of the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society™ (WOCN^®)

Medela’s Healthcare business receives prestigious recognition for its ongoing efforts to support WOC Nurses across the country

Medela Cares: Addressing global challenges and creating social value through strategic corporate responsibility

Medela voted “most trusted” breast pump brand

It’s an award-winning year for Medela! All over the globe, moms – expecting and new – are hearing that Medela is a brand they can trust and our breast pumps and accessory items are recommended by parents and experts alike.

Medela opens New Production Line in the US and more than Triples Production in Switzerland of Critical Portable Suction Systems Aiding Hospital Ventilator Support and Patients with COVID-19

•Launch of US American Vario 18 AC Production Line as Rapid Response to Local Surge of Infection Rates •Expands Access to Vario 18 as well as Dominant Flex and Basic Suction ...

COVID-19: Support of research projects on breast milk and antibodies

Medela China moves into new premises in Shanghai

Earlier this month Medela opened its new office in Shanghai, marking another important milestone for the Chinese team and the entire company.

New marketing guidelines aligned with our purpose: To enhance mother and baby health through live-giving benefits of human milk

Since 1961, Medela is proud to support breastfeeding and human lactation and we have made it our goal to enhance mother and baby health through the life-giving benefits of human milk. To reinforce this commitment and ensure that our offering of ...

Medela Engineering Challenge: Can our breast pump become a ventilator?

Medela Engineering Challenge

COVID-19 - How we are supporting our communities

Dear Customers, This is an unprecedented time for all of us. On behalf of Medela, I would like to thank all doctors, nurses, healthcare professionals and care teams that are caring for patients during this global pandemic. Their courage is ...

Medela Receives Innovative Technology Contract from Vizient for Invia^® Liberty™ and Invia Motion^® NPWT Systems

McHenry, Ill., March 10, 2020 – Medela LLC, announced its Invia Liberty and Invia Motion Systems have received an Innovative Technology contract from Vizient, Inc., the largest member-driven health care performance improvement company in the ...

How local Melbourne community initiative for wildlife re-hydration is saving thousands of Aussie animals affected by the bushfire crisis - one Medela breast milk storage bag at a time!

Australia’s bushfire crisis has ravaged 10.7 million hectares, at least 29 people have died and over 2,000 homes lost. It’s been estimated that around 1.25 billion animals have been killed across Australia to date. This includes thousands of ...

Breastfeeding and Lactation Symposium 2020

Join us for the 15^th International Breastfeeding and Lactation Symposium in Lisbon, Portugal, from 26 to 27 March, 2020

Hosting the next generation at Medela

This year's Future Day – the Swiss version of Take A Child To Work Day – afforded youngsters a fascinating glimpse of their parent's or family relative's multifaceted workplace at Medela.

Three pop-up milk cafés in Germany, powered by Medela

Coffee to go, a chance to breastfeed and a chat with like-minded individuals beckoned at four Medela opening events in Berlin, Munich, Hamburg and Vienna in November.

A chance to save 20,000 lives a year

October was breast cancer awareness month, with opportunities to learn about prevention, research and treatment of breast cancer through numerous activities and initiatives around the world. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and ...

Prestigious award for Medela Germany

Medela Germany among best companies for families in 2019

Medela debuts at New York Fashion Week

Rebecca Minkoff, fashion design powerhouse and CEO (and currently, a Medela breast pump user) invited Medela to be a category exclusive sponsor of her Fall 2019 show at New York Fashion Week. 

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PersonalFit Flex - smart design optimizations for the breastfeeding mom

Author Kate Miller concludes: "Medela's PersonalFit Flex could be the Most Life-Changing Breast Shield ever". Great effort of the Medela US team and Medela HQ based Dr. Danielle Prime. Excellent support for the Flex launch in the US.

“Investigate, measure, think twice before cutting.” New evidence that cutting tongue ties may not help infants to breastfeed

Baar, Switzerland/Paris, France – 11 April 2018. “Older literature suggests surgical division, frenotomy, is simple solution for breastfeeding problems. When anyone says simple, run a mile. Nothing is simple.” said Assoc Prof Donna Geddes at the ...

Mother’s Milk in the first 1,000 days of life: Key to a lifetime of good health and the future of medicine.

“People think the genes are everything. Actually the environment in the first 1,000 days dramatically influences the way those genes act throughout your life,” said Prof Laurent Storme, and launched into an exposé on the lifelong impact of the ...

Mother’s milk: An ounce of prevention is worth billions in cures

“It is time for breastfeeding to take its place alongside vaccines as a global primary public health intervention.” said Prof Tricia Johnson today at the press conference for the 13^th International Breastfeeding and Lactation Symposium in Paris.

Annette Brüls appointed new CEO of Medela

The Board of Directors of medical technology company Medela has named Annette Brüls as its new CEO. She will replace Michael Larsson effective 1 May 2018. Larsson has headed the Executive Board of Medela, a globally successful company ...

A new global analysis calls for breast milk feeding as a “Primary Public health Intervention”

Baar, Switzerland/Paris, France – 26 February 2018. Who stands to gain when babies get mother’s milk? According to the most recent meta-studies of both full-term and premature babies: Everyone. At the 13^th International Breastfeeding and ...

New evidence that mother’s milk offers unique prevention for asthma, a disease with no cure

In Switzerland, one in 10 children and one in 14 adults suffer from asthma (1), a disease with no known cure. Now, a pioneering, multidisciplinary study offers new scientific evidence that breast milk can prevent asthma.

Amazing discoveries in the science of human milk and lactation to be discussed by top researchers at the 13^th International Breastfeeding and Lactation Symposium

Baar, Switzerland/Paris, France – 19 February 2018. Nature has created only one food that perfectly matches the entire range of human biological needs: mother’s milk. At the 13^th International Breastfeeding and Lactation Symposium in Paris, 22-23 ...

Healthy Brain, Healthy Body, Wealthy Society: The health-economic benefits of human milk feeding for premature babies and society

Baar, 8 Nov 2017. “Mother’s own milk is the best medicine a premature infant can receive,” says Professor Guido Moro. The world’s first meta-study of over 100,000 premature babies in the UK and Germany offers powerful evidence that human milk ...

Medela’s in-house clinical trials help usher in a new generation of devices that benefit millions of moms around the world

Why have in-house clinical trials? They bring mothers and Medela scientists together directly. Mothers talk, and the scientists listen, gaining profound new insights into what mothers and babies still need to truly thrive along the breastfeeding ...

300 million years of evolution have matched mother’s milk to the baby’s brain: Cow’s milk for a human brain?

“Moms liquefy their bodies to feed their babies,” says evolutionary biologist Katie Hinde. Her latest cross-species research offers indisputable evidence that human breast milk is peerless in providing the necessary nutrients, hormones and ...

World’s leading breastfeeding advocate urges health professionals to be honest with mums

“Is breastfeeding always natural?” is a question that one of the world’s most influential breastfeeding experts answered at Medela’s 12^th International Breastfeeding and Lactation Symposium earlier this month. Her honesty was truly inspiring and ...

The world’s leading researchers agree: 130 million babies need breast milk now

“Breast milk is food, medicine, and signal; it is the first food a baby has evolved to eat, and we do not know enough about it to replicate it.” With this statement, symposium speaker Assoc. Prof. Katie Hinde articulated the foremost reason for ...

New pasteurization method will increase the critical value of breast milk at milk banks

Breast milk plays a critical role in supporting the vulnerable premature infant’s immune system, growth, and long-term cognitive development. April 7-8, at the International Breastfeeding and Lactation Symposium in Florence, Prof. Guido Moro ...

Breast milk breakthroughs: Breast milk components proven to kill over 40 kinds of cancer

Baar/Bologna, 17 February 2017. Breast milk components can kill cancer cells? This and other revolutionary research in breastfeeding and human milk will be explored in depth, as nine of the most renowned international researchers convene in ...

11^th international Breastfeeding and Lactation Symposium

Love and optimal nutrition are especially important for babies to thrive. Breast milk as a food combines both for healthy infants: close contact with mother and a supply of nutrients and protective substances tailored to the child's individual ...

Medela launches their new dressing kit as part of their independent NPWT strategy

Medela, a global leader in vacuum technology, with a portfolio spanning from breastfeeding to medical devices, announces the decision to become a full-solution provider for NPWT with the launch of their new dressing kit. Previously, Medela had ...

Leonhardt Bauer announced as new Executive Vice President of Medela Healthcare

We are pleased to announce that Leonhardt Bauer has taken on the role of Executive Vice President (EVP) at Medela Healthcare on 1 January 2016.

10^th international Breastfeeding and Lactation Symposium

At Medela's 10^th Breastfeeding and Lactation Symposium in Warsaw, which took place over this weekend (17-18 April 2015) over 450 delegates from 48 countries were reminded of the immeasurable value that breast milk provides for both preterm and ...

Medela launches Thopaz⁺

Thopaz⁺ digital chest drainage system provides comprehensive post-operative management of chest tubes for improved patient care and shorter hospital stays.

Thopaz™ shortens chest tube duration and length of stay by one full day

Medela Healthcare today announces research results that prove patients managed with digital drainage system Thopaz™ had a significantly shorter air leak duration, chest tube duration and postoperative length of stay compared to those managed with ...