PureHealth launches Sakina offering mental health servicesPureHealth, the largest healthcare platform in the Middle East, has announced the launch of Sakina, a dedicated vertical for mental health. The initiative aims to empower positive mental health and provide access to holistic mental health care, emphasisi More… |
Startup initiative to build Abu Dhabi as biotech and life science hubA key agreement signed in Abu Dhabi has birthed a startup programme that seeks to establish Abu Dhabi as a hub in the biotech and life science industry, a report said. startAD, the Abu Dhabi-based startup accelerator, a part of Tamkeen, and based at NYU Abu Dhabi, and the Department of More… |
Eight start-ups selected for Mega Green AcceleratorPepsiCo, Sabic, AstroLabs and partners have announced details of the eight start-up companies in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region that have been selected to participate in the Mega Green Accelerator. A total of 363 submissions were received More… |
M42 launches AI-powered tool to automate TB screeningM42, an Abu Dhabi-based global tech-enabled health powerhouse, has unveiled AIRIS-TB, an AI-powered chest X-ray for tuberculosis (TB) screening centres. The technology, which was revealed at Abu Dhabi Global Healthcare Week, uses advanced AI to detect ab More… |
Tadweer to build Abu Dhabi's first greenfield material recovery facilityTadweer Group, a leader in sustainable waste management practices, has announced the closed bidding for the planned development of Abu Dhabi’s first greenfield Material Recovery Facility (MRF). The state-of-the-art facility will recover recyc More… |
Emaar's Q1 net profit up 16pc; revenue soars to $1.8bnDubai master-developer Emaar Properties showed consistent resilient performance and operational efficiency across its various businesses for the first quarter recording revenues of AED6.7 billion ($1.8 billion), and net profit before tax of AED4.3 billion ($1.2 billion), which grew by 16% com More… |
DoH and M42 launch region’s largest hybrid cord blood bankThe Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH) and M42 have teamed up to launch a groundbreaking initiative and strategic priority, the Abu Dhabi Biobank, with its first offering being the region’s largest hybrid cord blood bank. Reinforcing the More… |
New MoU to boost technology-driven healthcare in Abu DhabiThe Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch the Global AI Healthcare Academy in the emirate, which it said will reinforce the emirate’s position as a leading destination for healthcare and life sciences, a report said. More… |
M42 unveils Advisory Board of world-renowned expertsM42, a first-of-its-kind tech-enabled global health powerhouse, has unveiled a new Advisory Board, to impactfully disrupt and transform the global health sector through personalised, preventive and precision tech. Comprising some of the world’s lea More… |
Pfizer reveals key findings of Sickle Cell Disease surveyPfizer, a leading multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, has revealed key findings from a survey conducted in several countries, including the GCC, on sickle cell disease (SCD). Results of the survey, Sickle Cell Health Awareness, Perspe More… |