With an increasing population where lifestyle-related illnesses are ever more common, pharmaceuticals companies should see steadily rising demand for their products in Dubai and throughout the GCC. Successful entry into the market is no easy task, and although demand is indeed growing in the region, the Middle East still only accounts for...
As the domestic health care sector continues to grow, Dubai has become a home to some of the sector’s most cutting edge innovations and the regional centre for many companies that are developing and delivering these technologies. Not only does the emirate boast a range of private hospitals and clinics, but the government has made information and...
Already an indispensible part of the health care sector in the emirate, private medical care is ready to enter into a new and even more mature phase. Among the factors driving its growth are a new health insurance law that is being rolled out over the next several years, which will bring millions of new domestic customers to the private market....
In the closing weeks of 2013 the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) announced the details of a long-anticipated new health insurance mandate. Based on an employer-provided benefit model, the new regulation stipulates that by October 2014 companies that have more than 1000 employees will be required to provide health insurance to their staff.
As it seeks to become a centre for medical tourism, Dubai is entering into a mature and competitive market, but also one with positive growth trends and increasing demand. According to consulting firm McKinsey & Co, medical tourism was estimated to be a $100bn global industry in 2012, and many countries throughout the world have registered...
Over the past 40 years, Oman has enacted a series of five-year investment and development plans that have facilitated the rapid modernisation of the country’s health care system. Indeed, since 1970, Oman has increased its number of public hospitals from two to 50 and now hosts 10 private hospitals as well. Today, in the midst of the eighth five-...
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