Reproductive Medicine. According to a recent industry estimate, approximately 10% of U.S. couples have trouble conceiving. In addition, women are increasingly delaying starting families. In 2006, approximately one out of every 12 first births was to a woman age 35 or older, compared with one out of every 100 first births in 1970, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There are approximately 1,400 practicing reproductive endocrinologists offering fertility services across 480 fertility centers in the United States. Fertility services include diagnostic tests performed on both the female and the male, as well as fertility treatments. Treatment options may include fertility drug therapy, artificial insemination, fertility surgeries to correct anatomical problems and assisted reproduction technology (ART) services. Current types of ART services include IVF, frozen embryo
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Exhibit 4.1
INTEGRAMED AMERICA ITE 0503 COMMON STOCK $.01 PAR VALUE Integramed America, Inc. INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITION This Certifies That SUDIP SPECIMEN is the owner of FULLY PAID AND NONASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK OF IntegraMed America, Inc. (hereinafter called the Corporation) transferable on the books of the Corporation by said owner in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed. This certificate and the shares represented hereby are issued and shall be held subject to all the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and all amendments thereto, copies is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar. Witness, the facsimile seal of the Corporation and by facsimile the signatures of its duly authorized officers. Dated: |