Month: June 2018

Events

Pharma experts discuss GCC $1.55 billion generics market at Abu Dhabi event

The emergence of a strong generics sector is accelerating growth in the Middle East and Africa's pharmaceutical industry, according to participants in the first Advisory Board meeting for the inaugural CPhI Middle East & Africa, which takes place at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) on 3-5 September 2018. Highlighting the government-driven opportunities for new players in the market, Claudia Palme, Advisory Board Member and Managing Director, 55east said: “The countries that have traditionally driven development in the past,…

Health Destination

Sri Lanka:Scoring higher than average in healthcare

Sri Lanka, the island country in South Asia, scores higher than the regional average in healthcare having a high life expectancy and a lower maternal and infant death rate compared to its neighbors. Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea. It is separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. The legislative…

Technology

Cigna in the region-Exploring the healthcare opportunity

The GCC healthcare industry has witnessed a significant rise in growth opportunities, especially as governments across the region have highlighted healthcare as a key focus area for the coming years. The UAE alone will be one of the largest insurance markets in the region, with a market size expanding to AED71.5 billion in 2020. With the positive trends in this space, Cigna has set out on a journey to continuously enhance our capabilities as a health and well-being partner of…

Features

Patient Safety Solutions to prevent up to 70pc of adverse events

Medication safety, antibiotic resistance, diagnostic errors, pressure ulcers, and sepsis, among others, will drive healthcare's avoidable cost burden of $383.7 billion by 2022, finds Frost& Sullivan Frost & Sullivan's recent analysis, Patient Safety in Healthcare, Forecast to 2022, assesses the 30 most pressing safety adverse events affecting patients, caregivers, and healthcare organizations across the globe. Cumulatively, these adverse episodes affected an estimated 91.8 million patient admissions across the US and Western Europe resulting in around 1.95 million deaths at an…

Cover Story

Touching lives with high-quality affordable healthcare

As a diversified business conglomerate with business interests in 20 sectors in the UAE and other countries, the Thumbay Group moves forward with major expansion plans and plans to raise the size of its workforce to 25,000 -By Vasujit Kalia Introduction Dr Thumbay Moideen, Founder President of Thumbay Group, didn't know his life was about to change when he had a chance meeting with the ruling family of Ajman. Since then there has been no looking back for him. Right…