“Regulatory reforms and incentives implemented by Middle Eastern countries have simplified market entry for life sciences companies”

What motivated Virax to choose Dubai Science Park as its regional headquarters? This was a fairly simple decision. Duba...

October 3, 2023 | Tuesday | Opinion
From global to local – the need to build pharmaceutical self-sufficiency in the Middle East for a sustainable future

While global inflationary pressures are expected to ease this year, experts opine that the pharmaceutical sector may sti...

October 3, 2023 | Tuesday | Opinion
Rise of Middle East as a Biotech Hub

The Middle East has identified the biotech industry as a promising venture for well over a decade. With an ageing and gr...

October 3, 2023 | Tuesday | Opinion
Big Pharma Sets Sights on Middle East

The Middle East is rapidly emerging as a key player in the global life sciences and pharmaceutical industry. With ambiti...

October 3, 2023 | Tuesday | Analysis
Dialysis player NephroPlus enters into JV with Tibbiyah of Al Faisaliah Group in Saudi Arabia

NephroPlus, India’s leading network of dialysis clinics and a pioneer in revolutionising dialysis therapy, has ann...

September 7, 2023 | Thursday | News
Israel's Nevia Bio secures $3 M to build machine learning enabled health platform for women

Israel-based startup Nevia Bio (formerly Gina Life), a company developing a machine learning empowered platfor...

August 30, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Resilience & Lifera to develop biopharma manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia

US-based National Resilience, Inc., a technology-focused biomanufacturing company dedicated to broadening access to comp...

August 29, 2023 | Tuesday | News
SS Innovations sells first surgical robotic system SSi Mantra in Middle East

Indian medtech company SS Innovations, developer of the “SSi Mantra,” a versatile and cost-effective su...

August 22, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Korea's SK Biopharma enters MENA through strategic partnership with Hikma

London-based Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC has announced a new strategic partnership and exclusive licensing agreement...

August 21, 2023 | Monday | News
Venus Remedies launches flagship R&D drug Elores in Oman

India-based Venus Remedies has launched its flagship R&D drug Elores in the $1.4 billion pharmaceutical market in Om...

August 17, 2023 | Thursday | News
Korean startup Lunit accelerates expansion across Middle East with new supply contract

Lunit, a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions for cancer diagnostics and therapeutics, con...

July 26, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Israel to promote medical and healthcare based companies in Hong Kong

Hong Kong-based UMP Healthcare Innov Centre has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the I...

July 21, 2023 | Friday | News
UAE to launch rare disease R&D project ‘NADER’ in partnership with US

Burjeel Holdings, one of the largest healthcare providers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and US-base...

July 14, 2023 | Friday | News
Sanofi to manufacture and supply vaccines in Saudi Arabia

Lifera, a biopharmaceutical company in Saudi Arabia together with French multinational pharmaceutical and healthcar...

July 6, 2023 | Thursday | News
“Generic manufacturers will likely face increasing challenges such as pricing pressures driven by 'un-branding' efforts”

How did the company perform during FY 2022-23?  The company is currently in a recovery phase following the impact ...

July 4, 2023 | Tuesday | Opinion
Germany-Saudi Arabian tie up of $30 M for data-driven multiomic testing

Germany-based Centogene, the essential life science partner for data-driven answers in rare and neurodegenerative diseas...

July 3, 2023 | Monday | News
Abu Dhabi announces strategic partnership to advance personalised medicine and genomics

The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), the regulator of the healthcare sector in the Emirate, has s...

June 20, 2023 | Tuesday | News
UAE collaborates with US to advance life sciences research

The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), the regulator of the healthcare sector in the Emirate, has s...

June 15, 2023 | Thursday | News