Takeda Pharmaceuticals, UAE

MENA Pharma Market Set to Grow to USD 60 Billion

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region’s pharmaceutical market is projected to reach a value of around USD 60 billion by 2025 according to reporting from TradeArabia. The most…

How Healthcare Works in the UAE

How quickly can a country truly transform its healthcare system, while making it sustainable for the future? The mindset of Emiratis is that anything that is feasible and beneficial for…

Big Pharma Puts the UAE in its Sights

“Over the past twenty years, we have seen a drastic change in the socio-economic climate of the Gulf region and neighboring countries. There has been considerable growth in terms of…

Amin Al Amiri – Assistant Undersecretary for Medical Practice and…

Amin Al Amiri, Assistant undersecretary for Medical Practice and Licensee of Ministry of Health, UAE, discusses why the UAE, despite turmoil in the rest of the Middle East region, continues…

Mohammed Zafrullah – VP & GM GCC & Levant, GSK Pharmaceuticals,…

Mohammed Zafrullah, VP & General Manager of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Pharmaceuticals, argues that the UAE, despite recent turmoil in the rest of the Middle East, is the perfect emerging country to…

Omar Ghosheh – CEO, Dimensions Healthcare, UAE

Dr Omar Ghosheh, Chief Executive Officer of Dimensions Healthcare, examines what it takes to build a company in Dubai, why it is the perfect city for healthcare companies and why…

Huzur Devletsah – General Manager Gulf and Near East, Lilly, UAE

Huzur Devletsah, General Manager of the Gulf and Near East regions of Lilly, talks about the political instability in other parts of the region, the lack of an adequate talent…

Walid Kattouha – Head of Middle East Cluster, Novartis, UAE

Walid Kattouha, Head of the Middle East Cluster of Novartis, speaks about why local knowledge is key to the company’s success, what have been and continues to be the major…

Interview: Paolo Carli, Head of Middle East, KSA & Egypt, Merck Serono, UAE

Paolo Carli, Head of Middle East, KSA & Egypt for Merck Serono, speaks about the regions most pressing health issues—hypertension and diabetes— and how he thinks that collaboration of the…

Jan van der Goten, Managing Director GCC, Janssen, UAE

Jan Van der Goten, GCC Managing Director of Janssen UAE, talks about his experience at Janssen GCC as regional manager, how collaboration with other companies in the industry will bring…

Interview: Ashraf Allam, Regional Managing Director of Middle East &…

Ashraf Allam, Regional Managing Director of Amgen, talks about the main challenges the company has faced, the benefit of building a company in the UAE, and the growth strategy of…

Interview: Bassel Amer, Regional General Manager Gulf & Egypt, Abbvie, UAE

Bassel Amer, Regional General Manager of Abbvie, discusses the company’s split in 2012, why it has been a good thing for both sides and everyone involved, including shareholders, and where…