Health & Environment

Health & Environment

Tawoos in deal to acquire NMC's Omani healthcare unit

Mon, 19 May 2025

Omani business group Tawoos has announced that it has entered into an agreement with NMC Healthcare, a leading private healthcare provider group in UAE, to acquire NMC Oman. Founded in 2016, it comprises two hospitals and 6 clinics across the sultanate.

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Mubadala launches new life sciences unit

Mon, 19 May 2025

Mubadala Investment Company, an Abu Dhabi sovereign investor, today launched Mubadala Bio, a company committed to strengthening the life sciences sector in the UAE and advancing better health outcomes for the UAE and the world.

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KFSHRC, Cleveland Clinic partner in autism, neuroscience initiatives

Sun, 18 May 2025

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSHRC) has entered into an MoU with Cleveland Clinic to work together on clinical, operational, educational, and research initiatives involving autism and neurosciences.

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EIB okays €9bn in new funding to boost EU defence tech leadership

Sat, 17 May 2025

The boards of directors of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and European Investment Fund (EIF) approved new operations totalling €9.1 billion to strengthen Europe’s security and defence, tech leadership and critical infrastructure.

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Mayo Clinic's manufacturing engineers on the cusp of delivering new biotherapies

Thu, 15 May 2025

Manufacturing engineers are at the forefront of bringing new medicines derived from human sources such as cells, blood and genes to patients, Mayo Clinic has said.

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Saudi Arabia sets up HUMAIN to invest in AI

Mon, 12 May 2025

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud today announced the launch of HUMAIN, a company that will operate and invest across the artificial intelligence (AI) value chain.

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5 Aster DM hospitals recognised on Newsweek's 'World's Best Hospitals' list

Tue, 06 May 2025

Aster DM Healthcare, one of the leading healthcare providers in the GCC, has announced that five of its hospitals have been recognised in Newsweek's prestigious World’s Best Hospitals 2025 list.

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Novo Nordisk, Ebn Sina Medical launch Wegovy in Qatar

Thu, 01 May 2025

Ebn Sina Medical, a subsidiary of Aamal Company and a leading supplier of pharmaceutical, and Novo Nordisk, the Danish global healthcare company, have announced the availability of Wegovy (Semaglutide 2.4mg) in Qatar.

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PureHealth reports 3% rise in Q1 net profit to $137.5m

Thu, 01 May 2025

PureHealth Holding, a leading healthcare group in the Middle East, reported a revenue increase of 8% year-on-year to AED6.6 billion ($1.8 billion) driven by growth across all of PureHealth’s segments.

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Novo Nordisk in deal to produce weight loss drug in KSA

Sun, 27 Apr 2025

Novo Nordisk, a leading global healthcare company, has signed a deal with Lifera, a biopharma company owned by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund PIF, to pursue the localisation of the manufacturing of semaglutide GLP-1 treatments in the kingdom.