Day: February 10, 2022

The Global Institute for Disease Elimination (GLIDE) has launched a series of webisodes to raise awareness about the importance of eliminating infectious diseases around the world. The launch took place recently at a special screening at EXPO 2020 Dubai’s UAE Pavilion to coincide with the  Health & Wellness Week at EXPO. The series of four webisodes was produced as part of GLIDE’s mission to raise awareness of disease elimination and provides insights into global efforts to eliminate infectious diseases of…

GC Labs, South Korea’s leading clinical laboratory, is expanding their presence in the Middle East with new agreements signed with UAE based Life Diagnostics (Life Dx) and Precision Medical Laboratory (PML) from Jordan. Hosam Fouad, Founder and CEO at Life Dx, said, “We are excited to announce our regional partnership with Korea's leading clinical laboratory, Green Cross Laboratories (GC Labs). The new partnership will help Life Dx to offer premium quality testing and lab services to our clients, including esoteric…

Building on the success of King’s College Hospital Dubai, which in a short period of time has become one of the best hospitals in UAE, Ashmore Group, a specialist emerging markets investment manager, in partnership with King’s College Hospital London and Saudi Bugshan Group, is pleased to announce the start of construction of King’s College Hospital Jeddah (“KCHJ”). The hospital is scheduled to open its doors to patients in the second half of 2023, and this is expected to be…

Emirates Health Services (EHS) has concluded its participation in the Arab Health 2022 exhibition and conference, where it had joined the event under the slogan ‘A Renewed Vision for Health in the Emirates’, making its mark with a series of ground-breaking smart project and product launches. Over the course of the four days during Arab Health, EHS showcased 16 innovative smart projects grouped under four main categories, in addition to a bundle of health services powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI),…

Exports of Italian medical and pharmaceutical products to the UAE reached Euro 48 million in September last year, reinforcing the UAE’s reliance on Italian expertise for the country’s medical sector, which has remained resilient over the last few years. The 4,400 companies that represent the medical device sector in Italy employ nearly 94,000 professionals, with a turnover of 16.7 billion Euros out of which 5.7  billion exported in 2020 (with a growth rate of 7.9% compared to the previous year).…