Tagged with Middle East

UAE Adeeb Al Attar leads Genpharm at a point where rare and advanced therapies in the Middle East face a more exacting test. Scale and ambition are no longer enough. What matters now is execution, credibility, and the ability to move innovation through complex healthcare systems without losing focus. In this…

Switzerland In a milestone for global health, Novartis has received Swissmedic approval for Coartem Baby, the world’s first antimalarial treatment tailored for newborns and infants under 4.5kg. The decision fills a long-standing therapeutic gap and reinforces the company’s commitment to diseases that fall outside the pharmaceutical industry’s traditional commercial priorities.  …

Saudi Arabia At the helm of Medtronic’s operations in the Middle East, Khalil Jamaleddine brings over three decades of experience to a region undergoing profound healthcare transformation. From building the company’s early presence in a small Beirut office to leading its strategic consolidation across Saudi Arabia and beyond, his journey mirrors Medtronic’s…

Saudi Arabia If the number of strategic deals and industry announcements coming out of the recent CPHI Middle East in Riyadh are anything to go by, Saudi Arabia’s ambition to become a regional and global innovation hub is becoming a reality. Read on for some highlights from the first regional edition of…

Middle East & Africa Roula Youssef Halabi, SVP Global Fertility Services, discusses her six-year journey at CooperSurgical, establishing a footprint in the Middle East, overcoming cultural biases as a female executive and the shift that has led GCC countries to increasingly recognize the importance of women’s health. She also speaks about the need for…

Middle East & Africa Rami Rajab, CEO of the medical devices trade association, MECOMED, walks us through the organization’s current priorities, including its focus on Saudi Arabia in light of the kingdom’s ongoing transformation, and the creation of the UAE Regulatory Authority for Medical Devices (EDE). In addition, he reviews the challenges surrounding digital…

Middle East & Africa A lot has happened at Olympus since we last spoke with regional managing director for Middle East, Türkiye & Africa Ronald Boueri two years ago. Namely, the MedTech has been working on setting up its regional headquarters in Saudi Arabia. Boueri discusses the importance of the Saudi market, pursuing its…

Middle East & Africa Mourad Ishak began heading up Farmak’s MEA region as general manager in 2021, after almost two decades in the industry. He explains the Ukranian complex generics maker’s decision to set up an affiliate in the UAE, underlining government flexibility and agility in the region and ongoing regulatory improvements, factors which…

Global Amgen has forged a solid position as one of the world’s largest independent biotechnology companies. With a market capitalisation of some USD 130 billion and 27 approved medicines, the US-based firm has come a long way from its original biotech upstart status in 1980. Nonetheless, Amgen has faced obstacles in…

Middle East & Africa As profit margins in established markets decreased, “pharmerging markets” became the new El Dorado for pharma and medtech companies in the 2010s. Many put in big investments only to discover that the volatility of these geographies often meant that the expected returns did not materialise. However, especially post-COVID, emerging markets…

UAE Rodrigo Rodriguez, as area head for UMEA at Takeda, leads a vast and varied region that includes Ukraine, the Middle East and Africa and is characterised by what he calls “geographical and economic volatility,” with an extreme example being the conflict in Ukraine. He discusses the challenges presented by the…

Middle East & Africa Head of the Middle East region and GM for the Middle East & Africa affiliate, Basel Thaher outlines his 18-year career at Menarini and discusses the Italian family-run company’s footprint in the region where it has a direct presence in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Egypt and plans to…