iA Financial Group and Science&Humans Address a Growing Workplace Challenge: Women’s and Men’s Hormonal and Metabolic Health

• Enhances iA’s group benefits offering with structured clinical support
• Expanded access to virtual, confidential, no-wait specialized programs
• Addresses emerging workplace issues related to hormonal and metabolic health

QUEBEC CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--iA Financial Group today announces a partnership with Science&Humans, a Canadian hormonal and metabolic health platform, enhancing its group benefits offering by providing access to structured clinical support.

The care path includes an online medical assessment, testing, virtual consultations with a clinician, a personalized treatment plan and one year of continuous clinical follow-up. Plan members also have unlimited access to a healthcare professional, medical messaging services and, if required, home delivery of prescribed medications or pickup at a pharmacy of their choice.

“Hormonal and metabolic health challenges can significantly affect energy, focus, mood, sleep and mental wellbeing, yet they often go unrecognized in the workplace. Our goal is to provide organizations and their workforces with a more holistic, proactive and people-focused approach that provides support across the full continuum of care, from prevention through to lasting recovery. This initiative also reflects our commitment to playing an active role in people’s daily lives by helping Canadians achieve total wellbeing.”— Louis-Philippe Pouliot, Executive Vice-President, Group Benefits and Retirement Solutions, iA Financial Group

A growing health and workplace issue

The impacts of hormonal and metabolic health issues can extend well beyond the individual, affecting absenteeism, disability rates, organizational productivity and the long-term costs borne by group insurance plans.

• More than six months: the average wait time to access specialized care in Canada.¹
• More than one in four men (27%): the proportion affected by metabolic syndrome, a major contributor to cardiovascular disease and mortality.²
• $237 million: the annual productivity losses incurred by Canadian employers due to menopause-related health issues.³

“Too many people are living with hormonal and metabolic symptoms that affect their wellbeing, quality of life and ability to function day to day yet lack timely access to appropriate care. Through our partnership with iA Financial Group, we want to make specialized care more accessible, easier to navigate and more relevant for more people through a rigorous and personalized clinical approach.”— Aftab Pashaw, Co-Founder and CEO, Science&Humans

Through its partnership with Science&Humans, iA is expanding its offering to include the following seven specialized support programs:

• Women’s reproductive health
• Men’s reproductive health
• Women’s hormonal health
• Men’s hormonal health
• Perimenopause and menopause
• Andropause
• Weight optimization

The program is offered at a preferred rate and depending on the terms of the plan eligible expenses may also qualify for reimbursement through a health spending account (HSA).

The partnership builds on enhancements iA made to its women’s health and weight-management offering in 2025 and introduces iA’s first structured initiative focused on men’s health. By adding dedicated hormonal and metabolic health support, it complements existing drug coverage and paramedical services with specialized clinical guidance, while helping organizations provide a more cohesive response to a diverse and evolving range of health needs.

About iA Financial Group

iA Financial Group is one of the largest insurance and wealth management groups in Canada, with operations in the United States. Founded in 1892, it is an important Canadian public company and is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol IAG (common shares).

About Science&Humans

Science&Humans is Canada’s leading digital health platform dedicated to hormonal health. The company takes an integrative approach that combines clinical expertise, technology and data to restore everyday wellbeing and support the long-term health of people experiencing symptoms associated with hormonal imbalances. Its outcomes-focused model of care serves individuals, employers and healthcare partners.

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^1 Fraser Institute, Waiting Your Turn: Wait Times for Health Care in Canada, 2025 Report.

^2 Statistics Canada, Metabolic syndrome in Canadian adults, 2007 to 2019.

^3 Menopause Foundation of Canada, Menopause and Work in Canada.